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Epigenetic silencing of downstream genes mediated by tandem orientation in lung cancer.
Scientific reports - 20 Jun 2017
Kiehl Steffen, Zimmermann Tobias, Savai Rajkumar, Pullamsetti Soni S, Seeger Werner, Bartkuhn Marek, Dammann Reinhard H
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetic deregulation is of importance in tumorigenesis. In particular CpG islands (CGI), are frequently hypermethylated. Here, genome-wide DNA-methylation profiles of 480,000 CpGs in lung cancer cells were generated. It was observed that intra- and intergenic CGI exhibited higher methylation compared to normal cells. The functional annotation of hypermethylated CGI revealed that the hypermethylation was...
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