Intratumor DNA methylation heterogeneity in glioblastoma: implications for DNA methylation-based classification

A Wenger, S Ferreyra Vega, T Kling, TO Bontell… - Neuro …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background A feature of glioblastoma (GBM) is cellular and molecular heterogeneity, both
within and between tumors. This variability causes a risk for sampling bias and potential …

Distinct methylation profiles of glioma subtypes

K Uhlmann, K Rohde, C Zeller… - … journal of cancer, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Gliomas are tumors of the central nervous system with a wide spectrum of different tumor
types. They range from pilocytic astrocytoma, with a generally good prognosis, to the …

Genome‐wide DNA methylation analysis identifies MEGF10 as a novel epigenetically repressed candidate tumor suppressor gene in neuroblastoma

J Charlet, A Tomari, AR Dallosso… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Neuroblastoma is a childhood cancer in which many children still have poor outcomes,
emphasising the need to better understand its pathogenesis. Despite recent genome‐wide …

CpG island methylator phenotype is a strong determinant of poor prognosis in neuroblastomas

M Abe, M Ohira, A Kaneda, Y Yagi, S Yamamoto… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
Neuroblastoma, one of the most common pediatric solid tumors, is characterized by two
extreme disease courses, spontaneous regression and life-threatening progression. Here …

Identification of epigenetically regulated genes that predict patient outcome in neuroblastoma

H Carén, A Djos, M Nethander, RM Sjöberg, P Kogner… - BMC cancer, 2011 - Springer
Background Epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation and histone modifications
are important regulators of gene expression and are frequently involved in silencing tumor …

Clinical utility of whole-genome DNA methylation profiling as a primary molecular diagnostic assay for central nervous system tumors—A prospective study and …

K Galbraith, V Vasudevaraja, J Serrano… - Neuro-oncology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Central nervous system (CNS) cancer is the 10th leading cause of cancer-
associated deaths for adults, but the leading cause in pediatric patients and young adults …

Epigenetic targeting of glioblastoma

M Romani, MP Pistillo, B Banelli - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma is one of the first tumors where the biological changes accompanying a single
epigenetic modification, the methylation of the MGMT gene, were found to be of clinical …

DNA hypermethylation profiles associated with glioma subtypes and EZH2 and IGFBP2 mRNA expression

S Zheng, EA Houseman, Z Morrison… - Neuro …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We explored the associations of aberrant DNA methylation patterns in 12 candidate genes
with adult glioma subtype, patient survival, and gene expression of enhancer of zeste …

Gliomas display distinct sex-based differential methylation patterns based on molecular subtype

ML Johansen, LC Stetson, V Vadmal… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Gliomas are the most common type of primary brain tumor and one of many
cancers where males are diagnosed with greater frequency than females. However, little is …

DNA methylation analysis reveals distinct methylation signatures in pediatric germ cell tumors

JF Amatruda, JA Ross, B Christensen, NJ Fustino… - BMC cancer, 2013 - Springer
Background Aberrant DNA methylation is a prominent feature of many cancers, and may be
especially relevant in germ cell tumors (GCTs) due to the extensive epigenetic …