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ArticleBMC cancer2017

Tumoral LINE-1 hypomethylation is associated with poor survival of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Seorin Jeong, Kyoungbun Lee, Xianyu Wen, Younghoon Kim, Nam-Yun Cho, Ja-June Jang, Gyeong Hoon Kang

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Article in BMC cancer, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Combinatory low methylation statuses of SAT-α and L1 are associated with shortened survival time in patients with advanced gastric cancer.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 4 countries.

Seorin JeongLaboratory of Epigenetics, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Kyoungbun LeeDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea.
Xianyu WenLaboratory of Epigenetics, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Younghoon KimLaboratory of Epigenetics, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Nam-Yun ChoLaboratory of Epigenetics, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Ja-June JangDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea.
Gyeong Hoon KangLaboratory of Epigenetics, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. ghkang@snu.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2380-6675
Seoul National University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDNA methylation changes occurring in cancer cells are featured with both promoter CpG island hypermethylation and diffuse genomic hypomethylation. Long interspersed element-1 (LINE-1) is repeated in an interspersed manner with an estimated 500,000 copies per genome. LINE-1 has its CpG sites of the 5' untranslated region methylated heavily in normal cells and undergoes demethylation in association with cancerization. However, little information is available regarding LINE-1 hypomethylation and its prognostic implication in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas.

methodsA total of 172 cases of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas were analyzed for their methylation levels at four CpG sites of LINE-1 using bisulfite pyrosequencing. We examined the relation between tumoral LINE-1 methylation level and clinicopathological features, including survival.

resultsTumor differentiation, lymphatic invasion, and T stage were associated with a low average methylation level of LINE-1 at the four CpG sites; LINE-1 methylation level tended to be lower in high-grade differentiation, lymphatic emboli, and higher T stage. LINE-1 hypomethylation was significantly linked with lower cancer-specific survival in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and was found to be an independent prognostic parameter.

conclusionsOur findings suggest that tumoral LINE-1 hypomethylation could be a molecular biomarker heralding poor prognosis of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Our findings need to be validated in further study.

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Long Interspersed Nucleotide ElementsBile Duct NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorCholangiocarcinomaCpG IslandsDNA MethylationFemaleHumansMaleNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm StagingPrognosisSequence Analysis, DNASurvival AnalysisBiomarkers, TumorCholangiocarcinomaLine-1MethylationPrognosisPyrosequencing

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PMID28851390
PMCPMC5576385
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