The DNA methylome of pediatric brain tumors appears shaped by structural variation and predicts survival

F Chen, Y Zhang, L Shen, CJ Creighton - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Structural variation heavily influences the molecular landscape of cancer, in part by
impacting DNA methylation-mediated transcriptional regulation. Here, using multi-omic …

Supratentorial and spinal pediatric ependymomas display a hypermethylated phenotype which includes the loss of tumor suppressor genes involved in the control of …

HA Rogers, JP Kilday, C Mayne, J Ward… - Acta …, 2012 - Springer
Epigenetic alterations, including methylation, have been shown to be an important
mechanism of gene silencing in cancer. Ependymoma has been well characterized at the …

Stage 4S neuroblastoma tumors show a characteristic DNA methylation portrait

A Decock, M Ongenaert, B De Wilde, B Brichard… - Epigenetics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Stage 4S neuroblastoma (NB) is a special type of NB found in infants with metastases at
diagnosis and is associated with an excellent outcome due to its remarkable capacity to …

A pyrosequencing assay for the quantitative methylation analysis of the PCDHB gene cluster, the major factor in neuroblastoma methylator phenotype

B Banelli, C Brigati, A Di Vinci, I Casciano… - Laboratory …, 2012 - nature.com
Epigenetic alterations are hallmarks of cancer and powerful biomarkers, whose clinical
utilization is made difficult by the absence of standardization and of common methods of …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of whole genome methylation profiling classifier for central nervous system tumors

L Santana-Santos, KL Kam, D Dittmann… - The Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System includes several
tumor types and subtypes for which the diagnosis is at least partially reliant on utilization of …

Identification of global DNA methylation signatures in glioblastoma-derived cancer stem cells

EJ Lee, P Rath, J Liu, D Ryu, L Pei… - Journal of genetics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and most aggressive primary brain tumor in adults.
The existence of a small population of stem-like tumor cells that efficiently propagate tumors …

Two independent epigenetic biomarkers predict survival in neuroblastoma

Y Yáñez, E Grau, VC Rodríguez-Cortez, D Hervás… - Clinical …, 2015 - Springer
Background Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial pediatric solid tumor with
a highly variable clinical course, ranging from spontaneous regression to life-threatening …

DNA methylation alterations across time and space in paediatric brain tumours

A Wenger, S Ferreyra Vega, E Schepke… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2022 - Springer
DNA methylation is increasingly used for tumour classification and has expanded upon the>
100 currently known brain tumour entities. A correct diagnosis is the basis for suitable …

Methylation markers of malignant potential in meningiomas

J Vengoechea, AE Sloan, Y Chen, X Guan… - Journal of …, 2013 - thejns.org
Object Although most meningiomas are benign, about 20% are atypical (Grade II or III) and
have increased mortality and morbidity. Identifying tumors with greater malignant potential …

DNA methylation-based epigenetic signatures predict somatic genomic alterations in gliomas

J Yang, Q Wang, ZY Zhang, L Long… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Molecular classification has improved diagnosis and treatment for patients with malignant
gliomas. However, classification has relied on individual assays that are both costly and …