Origins of DNA methylation defects in Wilms tumors

Z Anvar, B Acurzio, J Roma, F Cerrato, G Verde - Cancer letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Wilms tumor is an embryonic renal cancer that typically presents in early childhood and
accounts for 7% of all paediatric cancers. Different genetic alterations have been described …

[HTML][HTML] Both epimutations and chromosome aberrations affect multiple imprinted loci in aggressive Wilms tumors

L Pignata, O Palumbo, F Cerrato, B Acurzio… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary About 7% of all children's malignancies are represented by the embryonal
renal cancer Wilms tumor (WT). Since methylation imprinting alterations at multiple loci …

RPS6KA4/MIR1237 and AURKC promoter are differentially methylated in Wilms' tumor

HS Pereira, SCS Lima, PAS Faria, LCA Cardoso… - 2018 - ninho.inca.gov.br
Wilms' tumor (WT) is the most frequent renal cancer in childhood, the occurrence of which is
characterized by a relatively low frequency of associated mutations. While epigenetic …

[HTML][HTML] Clinically and biologically relevant subgroups of Wilms tumour defined by genomic and epigenomic analyses

J Brzezinski, S Choufani, R Romao, C Shuman… - British Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Background Although cure rates for Wilms tumours (WT) are high, many patients receive
therapy with attendant long-term complications. Our goal was to stratify WT using genome …

The genetic changes of Wilms tumour

TD Treger, T Chowdhury, K Pritchard-Jones… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Wilms tumour is the most common renal malignancy of childhood. The disease is curable in
the majority of cases, albeit at considerable cost in terms of late treatment-related effects in …

Wilms' tumor as a model for cancer biology

AP Feinberg, BRG Williams - … Suppressor Genes: Volume 1: Pathways and …, 2003 - Springer
Wilms' tumor of the kidney (WT) is the most common solid tumor of childhood, and it was first
described in detail by Max Wilms' in 1899. WT is a paradigm of childhood cancer, because it …

Global demethylation in loss of imprinting subtype of Wilms tumor

JL Ludgate, G Le Mée, R Fukuzawa… - Genes …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Epigenetic abnormalities at the IGF2/H19 locus play a key role in the onset of Wilms tumor.
These tumors can be classified into three molecular subtypes depending on the events …

[HTML][HTML] Association between long interspersed nuclear element-1 methylation levels and relapse in Wilms tumors

BM de Sá Pereira, R Montalvão-de-Azevedo… - Clinical …, 2017 - Springer
Background Wilms tumor (WT) is a curable pediatric renal malignancy, but there is a need
for new molecular biomarkers to improve relapse risk-directed therapy. Somatic alterations …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative methylome analysis identifies new tumour subtypes and biomarkers for transformation of nephrogenic rests into Wilms tumour

J Charlton, RD Williams, NJ Sebire, S Popov… - Genome medicine, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background Wilms tumours (WTs) are characterised by several hallmarks that
suggest epimutations such as aberrant DNA methylation are involved in tumour progression …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic and epigenetic features of bilateral Wilms tumor predisposition in patients from the Children's Oncology Group AREN18B5-Q

AJ Murphy, C Cheng, J Williams, TI Shaw… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Developing synchronous bilateral Wilms tumor suggests an underlying (epi) genetic
predisposition. Here, we evaluate this predisposition in 68 patients using whole exome or …