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Sanja A Farkas1, Bengt G Sorbe2, Torbjörn K Nilsson3.
Abstract
Endometrial carcinoma is one of the most frequent gynecological malignancies of the female. The diagnostic and prognostic markers for the high-risk subgroups with unfavorable prognosis are under intense debate worldwide, and, therefore, the aim of this study was to identify new potential DNA methylation markers for the high-risk groups. We used the Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip to analyze the DNA methylation pattern and investigated its association with clinicopathological features important for defining the high-risk (FIGO-grade 3) and low-risk (FIGO-grade 1) groups of patients with endometrial cancer (n = 31 and n = 39, respectively). We identified specific DNA methylation signature in high-risk endometrial tumors, and potential molecular biomarker genes (TBX2, CHST11, and NID2) associated with unfavorable clinical predictive and prognostic factors.Entities:
Keywords: DNA methylation; FIGO grade; endometrial cancer; prognosis
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27874289 PMCID: PMC5270631 DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2016.1252891
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Epigenetics ISSN: 1559-2294 Impact factor: 4.528