Contribution of epigenetic mechanisms to variation in cancer risk among tissues

Michael Klutstein, Joshua Moss, Tommy Kaplan, Howard Cedar

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Abstract

Recently, it was suggested that tissue variation in cancer risk originates from differences in the number of stem-cell divisions underlying each tissue, leading to different mutation loads. We show that this variation is also correlated with the degree of aberrant CpG island DNA methylation in normal cells. Methylation accumulates during aging in a subset of molecules, suggesting that the epigenetic landscape within a founder-cell population may contribute to tumor formation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2230-2234
Number of pages5
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume114
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Feb 2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General

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