ArticleNigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association
DNA methylation analysis of secreted frizzled-related protein 2 gene for the early detection of colorectal cancer in fecal DNA.
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- A scoping review of DNA methylation biomarkers for non-invasive detection of colorectal cancer at the CpG site level.Clinical epigenetics · 2026Article
- The Effect of MEG3 Promoter Methylation on MEG3 Expression in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Assessment by High-Resolution Melting (HRM) Analysis.Journal of blood medicine · 2026Article
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- Technical considerations in PCR-based assay design for diagnostic DNA methylation cancer biomarkers.Clinical epigenetics · 2022Article
- Methylation as a critical epigenetic process during tumor progressions among Iranian population: an overview.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2021Review
- A New Method for the Detection of Colorectal Cancer and the Precancerous Lesions: Occult Blood Testing Combination with Promoter Methylation in the Fecal Sample.Journal of Cancer · 2021Article
- Association between SFRP promoter hypermethylation and different types of cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Oncology letters · 2019Article
- Hypermethylated Promoters of Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein Genes are Associated with Colorectal Cancer.Pathology oncology research : POR · 2019Article
- TET2 and MEG3 promoter methylation is associated with acute myeloid leukemia in a Hainan population.Oncotarget · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC) with high sensitivity screening is essential for the reduction of cancer-specific mortality. Abnormally methylated genes that are responsible for the pathogenesis of cancers can be used as biomarkers for the detection of CRC. The methylation status of the secreted frizzled-related protein 2 (SFRP2) gene was evaluated for their use as a marker in the noninvasive detection of CRC. MATERIALS AND
methodsMethylation-specific polymerase chain reaction was performed to analyze the promoter CpG methylation of SFRP2 in the fecal DNA of 25 patients with CRC and 25 individuals exhibiting normal colonoscopy results.
resultsPromoter methylation levels of SFRP2 in CRC patients and in healthy controls were 60% and 8%, respectively. Methylation of the SFRP2 promoter in fecal DNA is associated with the presence of colorectal tumors.
conclusionHence, the detection of aberrantly methylated DNA in fecal samples may present a promising, noninvasive screening method for CRC.
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