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ArticleClinical epigenetics2019

A prognostic CpG score derived from epigenome-wide profiling of tumor tissue was independently associated with colorectal cancer survival.

Min Jia, Yan Zhang, Lina Jansen, Viola Walter, Dominic Edelmann, Melanie Gündert, Katrin E Tagscherer, Wilfried Roth, Melanie Bewerunge-Hudler, Esther Herpel and 7 more

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Min JiaDivision of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Yan ZhangDivision of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Lina JansenDivision of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Viola WalterDivision of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Dominic EdelmannInstitute of Biostatistics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Melanie GündertDivision of Molecular Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Katrin E TagschererInstitute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Wilfried RothInstitute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Melanie Bewerunge-HudlerCore Facility Genomics & Proteomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Esther HerpelInstitute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Matthias KloorDepartment of Applied Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Alexis UlrichDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Barbara BurwinkelDivision of Molecular Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Hendrik BläkerInstitute of Pathology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
Jenny Chang-ClaudeDivision of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Hermann BrennerDivision of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Michael HoffmeisterDivision of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany. m.hoffmeister@dkfz.de.ORCID 0000-0002-8307-3197

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CLINICAL PEDIATRIC MEDICAL/SURGICAL ONCOLOGY AWARDK12CA001704 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHWARTZ, ALAN L · 1992 to 1996
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Abstract

backgroundResults of previous studies on the association of the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) with colorectal cancer (CRC) prognosis were inconsistent and mostly based on different CIMP definitions. The current study aimed to comprehensively investigate the associations between DNA methylation on genes previously used to define CIMP status with CRC survival.

resultsPatients with CRC followed up for a median of 5.2 years were divided into a study cohort (n = 568) and a validation cohort (n = 308). DNA methylation was measured in tumor tissue using the Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip and restricted to 43 genes used to define CIMP status in previous studies. Cox proportional hazard regression models were used to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of survival after CRC, including adjustment for tumor stage, microsatellite instability, and BRAF mutation status. In the study cohort, ten CpG sites were identified to be associated with CRC survival. Seven of these ten CpG sites were also associated with CRC survival in the validation cohort and were used to construct a prognostic score. CRC patients with a prognostic score of the lowest methylation level showed poorer disease-specific survival compared with patients with the highest methylation level in both the study cohort and the validation cohort (HR = 3.11 and 95% CI = 1.97-4.91, and HR = 3.06 and 95% CI = 1.71-5.45, respectively).

conclusionsA CpG panel consisting of seven CpG sites was found to be strongly associated with CRC survival, independent from important clinical factors and mutations associated with CIMP. Further studies are required to confirm these findings.

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DNA MethylationColorectal NeoplasmsCpG IslandsEpigenomicsFemaleGene Regulatory NetworksHumansMaleMicrosatellite InstabilityMutationPrognosisProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafRegression AnalysisSurvival AnalysisBRAF protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafColorectal cancerCpG siteDNA methylationPrognosisSurvival

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PMCPMC6657180

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