DNA methyltransferases, DNA damage repair, and cancer

B Jin, KD Robertson - Epigenetic alterations in oncogenesis, 2012 - Springer
… Although much less frequently than BRCA1, BRCA2 also acquires promoter region
hypermethylation that is closely associated with its reduced expression in breast cancer [51] and …

… damage response by affecting SIRT1 and DNMT enzyme expression, including SIRT1-dependent γ-H2AX and telomerase regulation in triple-negative breast cancer

R Kala, HN Shah, SL Martin, TO Tollefsbol - BMC cancer, 2015 - Springer
… As a part of the repair mechanisms and role of SIRT1 in recruiting DNMTs, the effects of this
combination treatment was also explored on DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) expression. …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methyltransferase gene polymorphisms for prediction of radiation-induced skin fibrosis after treatment of breast cancer: a multifactorial genetic approach

S Terrazzino, L Deantonio, S Cargnin… - Cancer Research …, 2017 - synapse.koreamed.org
… This study was conducted to investigate the role of four polymorphic variants of DNA
methyltransferase genes as risk factors for radiation-induced fibrosis in breast cancer patients. We …

Mechanisms for the inhibition of DNA methyltransferases by tea catechins and bioflavonoids

WJ Lee, JY Shim, BT Zhu - Molecular pharmacology, 2005 - ASPET
… The two human breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231) used in this study were
obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA). The culture of these …

Epigenetic regulation as a new target for breast cancer therapy

V Stearns, Q Zhou, NE Davidson - Breast Cancer, 2007 - taylorfrancis.com
… Synergistic activation of functional estrogen receptor (ER)-alpha by DNA methyltransferase
and histone deacetylase inhibition in human ER-alpha-negative breast cancer cells. Cancer

DNA methylation-based biomarkers in serum of patients with breast cancer

L Van De Voorde, R Speeckaert, D Van Gestel… - … Research/Reviews in …, 2012 - Elsevier
… In mammals, so far five members of the DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) family have been …
methyltransferase activity. DNMT3L binds only very weakly to DNA, but can stimulate DNA

DNA methyltransferases: a novel target for prevention and therapy

D Subramaniam, R Thombre, A Dhar, S Anant - Frontiers in oncology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
… The current standard of therapy for breast cancer includes surgical resection, … on breast
cancer stem cells (BrCSC). These have been isolated from human breast tumors or breast cancer

[HTML][HTML] EZH2 methyltransferase and H3K27 methylation in breast cancer

KH Yoo, L Hennighausen - International journal of biological …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Inactivation of RUNX3 expression through DNA hypermethylation has been reported in
various cancers, including those of prostate, lung and pancreas. Notably, upon reducing EZH2 …

MYC and DNMT 3A‐mediated DNA methylation represses micro RNA‐200b in triple negative breast cancer

Y Pang, J Liu, X Li, G Xiao, H Wang… - Journal of Cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… ) family has been associated with breast cancer metastasis. However, … DNA methyltransferase
3A (DNMT3A) were highly expressed in TNBC tissues compared with other breast cancer

O 6-Methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase activity in human tumors

C Jian-min, Z Yang-pei, C Wang, Y Sun… - …, 1992 - academic.oup.com
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