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Chronic Cigarette Smoke-Induced Epigenomic Changes Precede Sensitization of Bronchial Epithelial Cells to Single-Step Transformation by KRAS Mutations.
Cancer cell - 11 Sept 2017
Vaz Michelle, Hwang Stephen Y, Kagiampakis Ioannis, Phallen Jillian, Patil Ashwini, O'Hagan Heather M, Murphy Lauren, Zahnow Cynthia A, Gabrielson Edward, Velculescu Victor E, Easwaran Hariharan P, Baylin Stephen B
Abstract excerpt
We define how chronic cigarette smoke-induced time-dependent epigenetic alterations can sensitize human bronchial epithelial cells for transformation by a single oncogene. The smoke-induced chromatin changes include initial repressive polycomb marking of genes, later manifesting abnormal DNA methylation by 10 months. At this time, cells exhibit epithelial-to-mesenchymal changes, anchorage-independent growth, and...
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