Biological characteristics of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Initiation to malignancy, intracellular to extracellular

O Li, L Li, Y Sheng, K Ke, J Wu, Y Mou, M Liu, W Jin - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly life-threatening tumour with a low
early-detection rate, rapid progression and a tendency to develop resistance to …

Epigenetic alterations induced by genotoxic occupational and environmental human chemical carcinogens: An update of a systematic literature review

S Goodman, G Chappell, KZ Guyton… - … Research/reviews in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Epigenetic alterations, such as changes in DNA methylation, histones/chromatin structure,
nucleosome positioning, and expression of non-coding RNAs, are recognized among key …

A DNA-methylation-driven genes based prognostic signature reveals immune microenvironment in pancreatic cancer

M Xiao, X Liang, Z Yan, J Chen, Y Zhu, Y Xie… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic cancer (PACA), which is characterized by an immunosuppressive nature,
remains one of the deadliest malignancies worldwide. Aberrant DNA methylation (DNAm) …

Methylation-derived inflammatory measures and lung cancer risk and survival

N Zhao, M Ruan, DC Koestler, J Lu, LA Salas… - Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Background Examining immunity-related DNA methylation alterations in blood could help
elucidate the role of the immune response in lung cancer etiology and aid in discovering …

Identification of novel susceptibility methylation loci for pancreatic cancer in a two-phase epigenome-wide association study

Z Wang, Y Lu, M Fornage, L Jiao, J Shen, D Li, P Wei - Epigenetics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The role of DNA methylation and its interplay with gene expression in the susceptibility to
pancreatic cancer (PanC) remains largely unexplored. To fill in this gap, we conducted an …

Identification of prognostic DNA methylation signatures in lung adenocarcinoma

P Wang, G Xu, E Gao, Y Xu, L Liang… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Increasing evidence exists of a link between DNA methylation and tumor
immunotherapy. However, the impact of DNA methylation on the characteristics of the lung …

Are circulating immune cells a determinant of pancreatic cancer risk? A prospective study using epigenetic cell count measures

VA Katzke, C Le Cornet, R Mahfouz, B Brauer… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2021 - AACR
Background: Evidence is accumulating that immune cells play a prominent role in pancreatic
cancer etiology but prospective investigations are missing. Methods: We conducted a nested …

[HTML][HTML] DNA Methylation-Derived Immune Cell Proportions and Cancer Risk, Including Lung Cancer, in Black Participants

CS Semancik, N Zhao, DC Koestler, E Boerwinkle… - medRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Prior cohort studies assessing cancer risk based on immune cell subtype profiles have
predominantly focused on White populations. This limitation obscures vital insights into how …

DNA Methylation in Peripheral Blood: Providing Novel Biomarkers of Exposure and Immunity to Examine Cancer Risk

DS Michaud, KT Kelsey - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2021 - AACR
DNA methylation is an epigenetic phenomenon that can alter and control gene expression.
Because methylation plays a key role in cell differentiation, methylation markers have been …

Mixture Model Approaches To Integrative Analysis Of Multi-Omics Data And Spatially Correlated Genomic Data

Z Wang - 2021 - digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu
Integrative genomic data analysis is a powerful tool to study the complex biological
processes behind a disease. Statistical methods can model the interrelationships of the …