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ArticleScientific reports2020

Gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma analysis identifies promoter methylation-based cancer subtypes and signatures.

Renshen Xiang, Tao Fu

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Renshen XiangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery II, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei Province, China.
Tao FuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery II, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, Hubei Province, China. tfu001@whu.edu.cn.

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Abstract

Gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC) and colon adenocarcinoma (CAC) are the most common gastrointestinal cancer subtypes, with a high incidence and mortality. Numerous studies have shown that its occurrence and progression are significantly related to abnormal DNA methylation, especially CpG island methylation. However, little is known about the application of DNA methylation in GAC and CAC. The methylation profiles were accessed from the Cancer Genome Atlas database to identify promoter methylation-based cancer subtypes and signatures for GAC and CAC. Six hypo-methylated clusters for GAC and six hyper-methylated clusters for CAC were separately generated with different OS profiles, tumor progression became worse as the methylation level decreased in GAC or increased in CAC, and hypomethylation in GAC and hypermethylation in CAC were negatively correlated with microsatellite instability. Additionally, the hypo- and hyper-methylated site-based signatures with high accuracy, high efficiency and strong independence can separately predict the OS of GAC and CAC patients. By integrating the methylation-based signatures with prognosis-related clinicopathologic characteristics, two clinicopathologic-epigenetic nomograms were cautiously established with strong predictive performance and high accuracy. Our research indicates that methylation mechanisms differ between GAC and CAC, and provides novel clinical biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of GAC and CAC.

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DNA MethylationPromoter Regions, GeneticAdenocarcinomaAgedCluster AnalysisColonic NeoplasmsDatabases, GeneticDisease ProgressionFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMicrosatellite InstabilityMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingNomograms

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