Role of DNA methylation in the resistance to therapy in solid tumors

S Romero-Garcia, H Prado-Garcia… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Despite the recent advances in chemotherapeutic treatments against cancer, some types of
highly aggressive and invasive cancer develop drug resistance against conventional …

Epigenetics in radiotherapy: where are we heading?

KM Smits, V Melotte, HEC Niessen, L Dubois… - Radiotherapy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy is an important component of anti-cancer treatment. However, not all cancer
patients respond to radiotherapy, and with current knowledge clinicians are unable to …

Radiation-induced epigenetic DNA methylation modification of radiation-response pathways

DA Antwih, KM Gabbara, WD Lancaster, DM Ruden… - Epigenetics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
DNA methylation can regulate gene expression and has been shown to modulate cancer
cell biology and chemotherapy resistance. Therapeutic radiation results in a biological …

[HTML][HTML] Extracellular-superoxide dismutase DNA methylation promotes oxidative stress in homocysteine-induced atherosclerosis: EC-SOD DNA methylation …

S Ma, G Lu, Q Zhang, N Ding, Y Jie… - Acta Biochimica et …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the present study, we investigate the effect of homocysteine (Hcy) on extracellular-
superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) DNA methylation in the aorta of mice, and explore the …

Role of PTEN promoter methylation in tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer cells

NTT Phuong, SK Kim, SC Lim, HS Kim, TH Kim… - Breast cancer research …, 2011 - Springer
Tamoxifen (TAM) resistance is a serious clinical problem in the treatment of breast cancer.
Here, we found that S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) and DNA methyltransferase1 (DNMT1) …

Reversal of epigenetic aberrations associated with the acquisition of doxorubicin resistance restores drug sensitivity in breast cancer cells

L Ponnusamy, PKS Mahalingaiah, YW Chang… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Acquired resistance against doxorubicin is a major limitation in clinical treatment of breast
cancer. The molecular mechanism behind the aberrant expression of genes leading to …

Differential DNA methylation alterations in radiation-sensitive and-resistant cells

MA Chaudhry, RA Omaruddin - DNA and Cell Biology, 2012 - liebertpub.com
An understanding of cellular processes that determine the response to ionizing radiation (IR)
exposure is essential to improve radiotherapy and to assess risks to human health after …

The methylation status of the embryonic limb skeletal progenitors determines their cell fate in chicken

C Sanchez-Fernandez, CI Lorda-Diez, JM Hurlé… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Digits shape is sculpted by interdigital programmed cell death during limb development.
Here, we show that DNA breakage in the periphery of 5-methylcytosine nuclei foci of …

The comprehensive effects of hyperlipidemia and hyperhomocysteinemia on pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and DNA hypomethylation in ApoE−/− mice

Y Jiang, H Zhang, T Sun, J Wang, W Sun… - Acta Biochim …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Atherosclerosis (AS) is a disease induced by multiple factors, including genetic and
environmental elements. The aim of the present study is to investigate the comprehensive …

Differential DNA methylation analysis of breast cancer reveals the impact of immune signaling in radiation therapy

AR Halvorsen, Å Helland, T Fleischer… - … journal of cancer, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Radiotherapy (RT) is a central treatment modality for breast cancer patients. The purpose of
our study was to investigate the DNA methylation changes in tumors following RT, and to …