DNA methylation profiling: an emerging paradigm for cancer diagnosis

A Papanicolau-Sengos, K Aldape - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Histomorphology has been a mainstay of cancer diagnosis in anatomic pathology for many
years. DNA methylation profiling is an additional emerging tool that will serve as an adjunct …

Molecular characteristics and therapeutic vulnerabilities across paediatric solid tumours

DTW Jones, A Banito, TGP Grünewald, M Haber… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The spectrum of tumours arising in childhood is fundamentally different from that seen in
adults, and they are known to be divergent from adult malignancies in terms of cellular …

[HTML][HTML] Sarcoma classification by DNA methylation profiling

C Koelsche, D Schrimpf, D Stichel, M Sill… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Sarcomas are malignant soft tissue and bone tumours affecting adults, adolescents and
children. They represent a morphologically heterogeneous class of tumours and some …

Aflatoxin B1-induced epigenetic alterations: An overview

Y Dai, K Huang, B Zhang, L Zhu, W Xu - Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is widely distributed in nature, especially in a variety of food
commodities. It is confirmed to be the most toxic of all the aflatoxins. The toxicity of AFB1 has …

[PDF][PDF] Role of proteases in implantation

LA Salamonsen - Reviews of reproduction, 1999 - Citeseer
Implantation of the embryo into the endometrium is a critical step in the establishment of
pregnancy and the failure of embryos to implant is a major limiting factor in the success of …

Genetics of human malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors

A Pemov, H Li, W Presley, MR Wallace… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are heterogeneous, highly aggressive
tumors with no widely effective treatment other than surgery. Genomic architecture of …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor DNA methylation profiles correlate with response to anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy in sarcoma patients

AM Starzer, AS Berghoff, R Hamacher… - … for Immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Some sarcomas respond to immune checkpoint inhibition, but predictive
biomarkers are unknown. We analyzed tumor DNA methylation profiles in relation to …

PDL1 expression is a poor-prognosis factor in soft-tissue sarcomas

F Bertucci, P Finetti, D Perrot, A Leroux, F Collin… - …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) are a group of rare, heterogeneous, and aggressive tumors, with
high metastatic risk and relatively few efficient systemic therapies. In the quest for new …

[HTML][HTML] TERT promoter hotspot mutations are recurrent in myxoid liposarcomas but rare in other soft tissue sarcoma entities

C Koelsche, M Renner, W Hartmann, R Brandt… - Journal of Experimental …, 2014 - Springer
Background Recently, recurrent point mutations in the telomerase reverse transcriptase
(TERT) promoter region have been found in many human cancers, leading to a new …

Imbalance between matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors in preeclampsia and gestational trophoblastic diseases

B Rahat, R Sharma, R Bagga, A Hamid… - Reproduction, 2016 - rep.bioscientifica.com
The invasion cascade exhibited by placental trophoblasts and cancerous cells bears many
similarities, and it is attributed to extracellular matrix degradation mediated by matrix …