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ReviewHuman genomics2020

Hydroxymethylation and tumors: can 5-hydroxymethylation be used as a marker for tumor diagnosis and treatment?

Tianmin Xu, Haoyue Gao

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Human genomics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07060001 (Evaluation of the Efficacy of Hypomethylating Agent Versus Standard Intensive Chemotherapy Induction Based on 5hmC - a Novel, Blood Epigenetic Marker for Assessing Measurable Residual Disease in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia), which is not on this map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07060001 phase2not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of the Efficacy of Hypomethylating Agent Versus Standard Intensive Chemotherapy Induction Based on 5hmC - a Novel, Blood Epigenetic Marker for Assessing Measurable Residual Disease in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Methodist Hospital Research InstituteRan2026 to 2029Enrolled112ConditionsAcute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML)Arms5hmC Biomarker, Venetoclax, Decitabine 20 mg/m²/day for 5 days, Azacitidine (AZA), Cytarabine (Ara-C)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Cell identity and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine.Epigenetics & chromatin · 2025
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  9. Epigenetic and Gene Expression Responses ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  12. 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine: Far Beyond the Intermediate of DNA Demethylation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tianmin XuThe Second HospitaI of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China. xutianmin@126.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5470-0887
Haoyue GaoThe Second HospitaI of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Jilin University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

5-Methylcytosine (5mC) is considered as a common epigenetic modification that plays an important role in the regulation of gene expression. At the same time, 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) has been found as an emerging modification of cytosine bases of recent years. Unlike 5mC, global 5hmC levels vary from tissues that have differential distribution both in mammalian tissues and in the genome. DNA hydroxymethylation is the process that 5mC oxidates into 5hmC with the catalysis of TET (ten-eleven translocation) enzymes. It is an essential option of DNA demethylation, which modulates gene expression by adjusting the DNA methylation level. Various factors can regulate the demethylation of DNA, such as environmental toxins and mental stress. In this review, we summarize the progress in the formation of 5hmC, and obtaining 5hmC in a cell-free DNA sample presents multiple advantages and challenges for the subject. Furthermore, the clinical potential for 5hmC modification in dealing with cancer early diagnosis, prognostic evaluation, and prediction of therapeutic effect is also mentioned.

Indexed as

DNA MethylationEpigenesis, Genetic5-MethylcytosineAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorHumansNeoplasms5-hydroxymethylcytosine5-MethylcytosineBiomarkers, Tumor5-Hydroxymethylcytosine5-MethylcytosineCancer epigeneticsCell-free DNADNA demethylation

Identifiers

PMID32375881
PMCPMC7201531
OpenAlexW3020973596

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