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Abstract
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is one frequent form of urologic malignancy with numerous genetic and epigenetic alterations. This review summarizes the recent major findings of epigenetic alterations including DNA methylation, histone modifications, microRNAs and recently identified long noncoding RNAs in the development and progression of ccRCC. These epigenetic profilings can provide a promising means of prognostication and early diagnosis for patients with ccRCCs. With the developed high-throughput technologies nowadays, the epigenetic analyses will have possible clinical applications in the molecular pathology of ccRCC.Entities:
Keywords: DNA methylation; clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC); histone modification; long noncoding RNA; microRNA
Year: 2016 PMID: 27041930 PMCID: PMC4779762 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.1000-9604.2016.02.09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chin J Cancer Res ISSN: 1000-9604 Impact factor: 5.087