Folate and carcinogenesis: evidence, mechanisms, and implications

YI Kim - The Journal of nutritional biochemistry, 1999 - Elsevier
Folate, a water-soluble B vitamin, has recently garnered much attention because of its
purported role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease, 1–4 neural tube defects, 5–7 …

Association of arsenic-induced malignant transformation with DNA hypomethylation and aberrant gene expression

CQ Zhao, MR Young, BA Diwan… - Proceedings of the …, 1997 - National Acad Sciences
Inorganic arsenic, a human carcinogen, is enzymatically methylated for detoxication,
consuming S-adenosyl-methionine (SAM) in the process. The fact that DNA …

DNA methylation controls the timing of astrogliogenesis through regulation of JAK-STAT signaling

G Fan, K Martinowich, MH Chin, F He, SD Fouse… - 2005 - journals.biologists.com
DNA methylation is a major epigenetic factor that has been postulated to regulate cell
lineage differentiation. We report here that conditional gene deletion of the maintenance …

Maternal-specific methylation of the imprinted mouse Igf2r locus identifies the expressed locus as carrying the imprinting signal

R Stöger, P Kubička, CG Liu, T Kafri, A Razin, H Cedar… - Cell, 1993 - Elsevier
The mouse insulin-like growth factor type 2 receptor (Igf2r) is imprinted and expressed
exclusively from the maternally inherited chromosome. To investigate whether methylation …

Distinct epigenetic features of tumor-reactive CD8+ T cells in colorectal cancer patients revealed by genome-wide DNA methylation analysis

R Yang, S Cheng, N Luo, R Gao, K Yu, B Kang… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Tumor-reactive CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) represent a subtype
of T cells that can recognize and destroy tumor specifically. Understanding the regulatory …

Eukaryotic DNA methylation as an evolutionary device

V Colot, JL Rossignol - Bioessays, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation is catalyzed by a family of conserved DNA methyltransferases and is
widespread among protists, plants, fungi and animals. It is however absent in some species …

Glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) methylation following stressful events between birth and adolescence. The TRAILS study

LJ Van Der Knaap, H Riese, JJ Hudziak… - Translational …, 2014 - nature.com
Stress early in life is a known risk factor for the development of affective disorders later in life.
Epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, may have an important role in mediating …

[HTML][HTML] Folate status: effects on pathways of colorectal carcinogenesis

SW Choi, JB Mason - The Journal of nutrition, 2002 - Elsevier
Many epidemiologic, animal and human studies suggest that folate status modulates
carcinogenesis. Although these observations have been made in a number of tissues, the …

Expression of the MAGE-1 tumor antigen is up-regulated by the demethylating agent 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine

J Weber, M Salgaller, D Samid, B Johnson, M Herlyn… - Cancer research, 1994 - AACR
MAGE-1 is a gene that encodes an antigen on a melanoma cell line that is recognized by
cytolytic T-cells. We have used a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay to …

Association between enhanced type I collagen expression and epigenetic repression of the FLI1 gene in scleroderma fibroblasts

Y Wang, PS Fan, B Kahaleh - Arthritis & Rheumatism: Official …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis; SSc) is an autoimmune disease
characterized by vasculopathy and widespread organ fibrosis. Altered fibroblast function …