The power and the promise of DNA methylation markers

PW Laird - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2003 - nature.com
The past few years have seen an explosion of interest in the epigenetics of cancer. This has
been a consequence of both the exciting coalescence of the chromatin and DNA …

CpG island hypermethylation and tumor suppressor genes: a booming present, a brighter future

M Esteller - Oncogene, 2002 - nature.com
We have come a long way since the first reports of the existence of aberrant DNA
methylation in human cancer. Hypermethylation of CpG islands located in the promoter …

Critical evaluation of the Illumina MethylationEPIC BeadChip microarray for whole-genome DNA methylation profiling

R Pidsley, E Zotenko, TJ Peters, MG Lawrence… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Background In recent years the Illumina HumanMethylation450 (HM450) BeadChip has
provided a user-friendly platform to profile DNA methylation in human samples. However …

CpG island methylator phenotype in cancer

JP Issa - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2004 - nature.com
DNA hypermethylation in CpG-rich promoters is now recognized as a common feature of
human neoplasia. However, the pathophysiology of hyper-methylation (why, when, where) …

Methyl-CpG-binding domain proteins: readers of the epigenome

Q Du, PL Luu, C Stirzaker, SJ Clark - Epigenomics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
How DNA methylation is interpreted and influences genome regulation remains largely
unknown. Proteins of the methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD) family are primary candidates …

High Levels of Aberrant DNA Methylation in Helicobacter pylori–Infected Gastric Mucosae and its Possible Association with Gastric Cancer Risk

T Maekita, K Nakazawa, M Mihara, T Nakajima… - Clinical Cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Introduction: Risk prediction of gastric cancers is important to implement appropriate
screening procedures. Although aberrant DNA methylation is deeply involved in gastric …

Cancer epigenetics

PW Laird - Human molecular genetics, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The field of cancer epigenetics is evolving rapidly on several fronts. Advances in our
understanding of chromatin structure, histone modification, transcriptional activity and DNA …

Senescent cells harbour features of the cancer epigenome

HA Cruickshanks, T McBryan, DM Nelson… - Nature cell …, 2013 - nature.com
Altered DNA methylation and associated destabilization of genome integrity and function is
a hallmark of cancer. Replicative senescence is a tumour suppressor process that imposes …

DNA methylation pattern changes upon long‐term culture and aging of human mesenchymal stromal cells

S Bork, S Pfister, H Witt, P Horn, B Korn, AD Ho… - Aging cell, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Within 2–3 months of in vitro culture‐expansion, mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) undergo
replicative senescence characterized by cell enlargement, loss of differentiation potential …

Inflammatory Processes Triggered by Helicobacter pylori Infection Cause Aberrant DNA Methylation in Gastric Epithelial Cells

T Niwa, T Tsukamoto, T Toyoda, A Mori, H Tanaka… - Cancer research, 2010 - AACR
Altered patterns of DNA methylation associated with Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection of
gastric epithelial cells are thought to contribute to gastric cancer risk. However, it is unclear …