Cancer as a dysregulated epigenome allowing cellular growth advantage at the expense of the host

W Timp, AP Feinberg - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Although at the genetic level cancer is caused by diverse mutations, epigenetic
modifications are characteristic of all cancers, from apparently normal precursor tissue to …

The history of cancer epigenetics

AP Feinberg, B Tycko - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2004 - nature.com
Since its discovery in 1983, the epigenetics of human cancer has been in the shadows of
human cancer genetics. But this area has become increasingly visible with a growing …

The epigenetic progenitor origin of human cancer

AP Feinberg, R Ohlsson, S Henikoff - Nature reviews genetics, 2006 - nature.com
Cancer is widely perceived as a heterogeneous group of disorders with markedly different
biological properties, which are caused by a series of clonally selected genetic changes in …

Widespread and tissue specific age-related DNA methylation changes in mice

S Maegawa, G Hinkal, HS Kim, L Shen… - Genome …, 2010 - genome.cshlp.org
Aberrant methylation of promoter CpG islands in cancer is associated with silencing of tumor-
suppressor genes, and age-dependent hypermethylation in normal appearing mucosa may …

DNA hypomethylation and human diseases

AS Wilson, BE Power, PL Molloy - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2007 - Elsevier
Changes in human DNA methylation patterns are an important feature of cancer
development and progression and a potential role in other conditions such as …

Epigenetics and human disease: translating basic biology into clinical applications

D Rodenhiser, M Mann - Cmaj, 2006 - Can Med Assoc
Epigenetics refers to the study of heritable changes in gene expression that occur without a
change in DNA sequence. Research has shown that epigenetic mechanisms provide an" …

Epigenetics and cancer

AH Lund, M van Lohuizen - Genes & development, 2004 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Epigenetic mechanisms act to change the accessibility of chromatin to transcriptional
regulation locally and globally via modifications of the DNA and by modification or …

P-Cadherin Overexpression Is an Indicator of Clinical Outcome in Invasive Breast Carcinomas and Is Associated with CDH3 Promoter Hypomethylation

J Paredes, A Albergaria, JT Oliveira, C Jerónimo… - Clinical cancer …, 2005 - AACR
Purpose: P-cadherin overexpression has been reported in breast carcinomas, where it was
associated with proliferative high-grade histological tumors. This study aimed to analyze P …

The epigenetics of cancer etiology

AP Feinberg - Seminars in cancer biology, 2004 - Elsevier
Epigenetic dysregulation is central to cancer development and progression. This
dysregulation includes hypomethylation leading to oncogene activation and chromosomal …

[HTML][HTML] Homocysteine-methionine cycle is a metabolic sensor system controlling methylation-regulated pathological signaling

W Shen, C Gao, R Cueto, L Liu, H Fu, Y Shao… - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Homocysteine-Methionine (HM) cycle produces universal methyl group donor S-
adenosylmethione (SAM), methyltransferase inhibitor S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) and …