DNA demethylation and invasive cancer: implications for therapeutics

D Cheishvili, L Boureau, M Szyf - British journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
One of the hallmarks of cancer is aberrant DNA methylation, which is associated with
abnormal gene expression. Both hypermethylation and silencing of tumour suppressor …

[PDF][PDF] Mapping the methylome

EV Epigenomics - Cell Cycle, 2006 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT DNA methylation is integral to normal development and disease processes.
However, the genomic distribution of methylated sequences—the methylome—is poorly …

Genome-wide aberrant methylation in primary metastatic UM and their matched metastases

KN Smit, R Boers, J Vaarwater, J Boers, T Brands… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Uveal melanoma (UM) is an aggressive intra-ocular cancer with a strong tendency to
metastasize. Metastatic UM is associated with mutations in BAP1 and SF3B1, however only …

Internalization of bacterial redox protein azurin in mammalian cells: entry domain and specificity

T Yamada, AM Fialho, V Punj, L Bratescu… - Cellular …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Azurin is a member of a group of copper‐containing redox proteins called cupredoxins.
Different cupredoxins are produced by different aerobic bacteria as agents of electron …

Electrochemical biosensing strategies for DNA methylation analysis

T Hossain, G Mahmudunnabi, MK Masud… - Biosensors and …, 2017 - Elsevier
DNA methylation is one of the key epigenetic modifications of DNA that results from the
enzymatic addition of a methyl group at the fifth carbon of the cytosine base. It plays a crucial …

How to escape the cancer attractor: rationale and limitations of multi-target drugs

S Huang, S Kauffman - Seminars in cancer biology, 2013 - Elsevier
The increasingly evident limitations of target-selective cancer therapy has stimulated a flurry
of ideas for overcoming the development of resistance and recurrence–the near universal …

Irinotecan Inactivation Is Modulated by Epigenetic Silencing of UGT1A1 in Colon Cancer

JF Gagnon, O Bernard, L Villeneuve, B Têtu… - Clinical cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Purpose: Irinotecan is used in the first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. The
UGT1A1-metabolizing enzyme, expressed in liver and colon, is primarily involved in the …

Will DNA methylation inhibitors work in solid tumors? A review of the clinical experience with azacitidine and decitabine in solid tumors

LA Cowan, S Talwar, AS Yang - Epigenomics, 2010 - Future Medicine
The recent approval of azacitidine (Vidaza®), decitabine (Dacogen®) and vorinostat
(Zolinza™) for myelodysplastic syndrome and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma has led to a wave …

Bioanalytical applications of capillary electrophoresis

J Kraly, MA Fazal, RM Schoenherr, R Bonn… - Analytical …, 2006 - ACS Publications
This review focuses on the period from January 2004 to December 2005. Nearly 5000
papers and 500 reviews on capillary electrophoresis are listed in SciFinder for this period …

Epigenetic gene regulation in cancer

E Ballestar, M Esteller - Advances in genetics, 2008 - Elsevier
The observation that cancer cells suffer profound alterations in the DNA methylation profile,
with functional consequences in the activity of key genes, together with the recognition that …