Increased DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) protein expression correlates significantly with poorer tumor differentiation and frequent DNA hypermethylation of …

T Etoh, Y Kanai, S Ushijima, T Nakagawa… - The American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
We evaluated the significance of aberrant DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) protein
expression during gastric carcinogenesis. The protein expression of DNMT1, Muc2, human …

Clinical significance of the expression of DNA methyltransferase proteins in gastric cancer

J Yang, X Wei, Q Wu, Z Xu, D Gu… - Molecular …, 2011 - spandidos-publications.com
Abstract DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) 1, DNMT3A and DNMT3B, which affect promoter
CpG methylation status, play a significant role in cancer development. Little is known …

DNA methyltransferase expression and DNA methylation of CPG islands and peri‐centromeric satellite regions in human colorectal and stomach cancers

Y Kanai, S Ushijima, Y Kondo… - … journal of cancer, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
We evaluated the significance of aberrant DNA methyltransferase expression in human
carcinogenesis by examining 32 colorectal and 34 stomach cancers. Levels of mRNAs …

The expression and clinical significance of DNA methyltransferase proteins in human gastric cancer

WJ Ding, JY Fang, XY Chen, YS Peng - Digestive diseases and sciences, 2008 - Springer
This study investigates the varied expression of DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) proteins in
gastric cancer (GC) and their relationship with the biological behavior of the tissues …

Increased DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) protein expression in precancerous conditions and ductal carcinomas of the pancreas

DF Peng, Y Kanai, M Sawada, S Ushijima… - Cancer …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Aberrant DNA methylation has been shown to play an important role during multistage
carcinogenesis in various human organs. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the …

Abnormal regulation of DNA methyltransferase expression during colorectal carcinogenesis

AM De Marzo, VL Marchi, ES Yang, R Veeraswamy… - Cancer research, 1999 - AACR
Somatic changes in CpG dinucleotide methylation occur quite commonly in human cancer
cell DNA. Relative to DNA from normal human colonic cells, DNA from human colorectal …

DNA methylation of multiple tumor-related genes in association with overexpression of DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) during multistage carcinogenesis of the …

DF Peng, Y Kanai, M Sawada, S Ushijima… - …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
To evaluate the significance of alterations in DNA methylation during multistage
carcinogenesis of the pancreas, tissue samples of 13 peripheral pancreatic duct epithelia …

DNA methyltransferase expression and DNA hypermethylation in human hepatocellular carcinoma

HJ Park, E Yu, YH Shim - Cancer letters, 2006 - Elsevier
Aberrant DNA methylation and increased expression of DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs)
are features of tumor cells. To investigate roles for DNMTs during hepatocarcinogenesis, we …

Mutation of the DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) 1 gene in human colorectal cancers

Y Kanai, S Ushijima, Y Nakanishi, M Sakamoto… - Cancer letters, 2003 - Elsevier
Alteration of DNA methylation is one of the most consistent epigenetic changes in human
cancers. DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) 1 is a major enzyme that determines genomic …

Alterations of DNA methylation associated with abnormalities of DNA methyltransferases in human cancers during transition from a precancerous to a malignant state

Y Kanai, S Hirohashi - Carcinogenesis, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Alterations of DNA methylation are one of the most consistent epigenetic changes in human
cancers. Human cancers generally show global DNA hypomethylation accompanied by …