CTCF loss mediates unique DNA hypermethylation landscapes in human cancers

Nathan Damaschke, Joseph Gawdzik, Mele Avilla, Bing Yang, John Svaren, Avtar Roopra, Jianhua Luo, Yan Yu, Sündüz Keleş, David F. Jarrard

Clinical Epigenetics · 2020 · 51 citations · 45 references

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Abstract

These findings establish CTCF loss as a major mediator in directing localized DNA hypermethylation events in a tissue-specific fashion and further support its role as a driver of the cancer phenotype.

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