[HTML][HTML] Systematic review and meta-analysis of esophageal cancer in Africa: epidemiology, risk factors, management and outcomes

AW Asombang, N Chishinga, A Nkhoma… - World journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Esophageal cancer (EC) is associated with a poor prognosis, particularly so
in Africa where an alarmingly high mortality to incidence ratio prevails for this disease. AIM …

The detective, prognostic, and predictive value of DNA methylation in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

K Ma, B Cao, M Guo - Clinical epigenetics, 2016 - Springer
Esophageal cancer is one of the most common malignancies in the world. Squamous cell
carcinoma accounts for approximately 90% of esophageal cancer cases. Genetic and …

Identification of disulfidptosis related subtypes, characterization of tumor microenvironment infiltration, and development of DRG prognostic prediction model in RCC …

K Xu, Y Zhang, Z Yan, Y Wang, Y Li, Q Qiu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Disulfidptosis is a newly discovered mode of cell death induced by disulfide stress.
However, the prognostic value of disulfidptosis-related genes (DRGs) in renal cell …

[HTML][HTML] The clinical value of aberrant epigenetic changes of DNA damage repair genes in human cancer

D Gao, JG Herman, M Guo - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The stability and integrity of the human genome are maintained by the DNA damage repair
(DDR) system. Unrepaired DNA damage is a major source of potentially mutagenic lesions …

Smoking and DNA methylation: correlation of methylation with smoking behavior and association with diseases and fetus development following prenatal exposure

D Fragou, E Pakkidi, M Aschner, V Samanidou… - Food and Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Among epigenetic mechanisms, DNA methylation has been widely studied with respect to
many environmental factors. Smoking is a common factor which affects both global and …

HIV infection and domestic smoke exposure, but not human papillomavirus, are risk factors for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Zambia: a case–control study

V Kayamba, AC Bateman, AW Asombang… - Cancer …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
There is emerging evidence that esophageal cancer occurs in younger adults in sub‐
Saharan Africa than in Europe or North America. The burden of human immunodeficiency …

Identification of DNA methylation-driven genes in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a study based on The Cancer Genome Atlas

T Lu, D Chen, Y Wang, X Sun, S Li, S Miao, Y Wo… - Cancer cell …, 2019 - Springer
Background Aberrant DNA methylations are significantly associated with esophageal
squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). In this study, we aimed to investigate the DNA …

Epigenomics-guided drug development: recent advances in solving the cancer treatment “jigsaw puzzle”

K Dzobo - Omics: a journal of integrative biology, 2019 - liebertpub.com
The human epigenome plays a key role in determining cellular identity and eventually
function. Drug discovery undertakings have focused mainly on the role of genomics in …

Cancer stem cell markers in relation to patient survival outcomes: lessons for integrative diagnostics and next-generation anticancer drug development

K Dzobo, C Ganz, NE Thomford… - Omics: a journal of …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Solid tumors display a complex biology that requires a multipronged treatment strategy. Most
anticancer interventions, including chemotherapy, are currently unable to prevent treatment …

Expression and methylation of circulating microRNA-510 in essential hypertension

R Krishnan, P Mani, P Sivakumar, V Gopinath… - Hypertension …, 2017 - nature.com
Hypertension (HTN) is one of the most common emerging disease in developing countries. It
alters endothelial cell structure and function, resulting in several diseases, such as …