2023
The Promise of Epigenetics Research in the Treatment of Appendiceal Neoplasms
Ladel L, Tan W, Jeyakanthan T, Sailo B, Sharma A, Ahuja N. The Promise of Epigenetics Research in the Treatment of Appendiceal Neoplasms. Cells 2023, 12: 1962. PMID: 37566041, PMCID: PMC10417136, DOI: 10.3390/cells12151962.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Epigenetics of gastrointestinal diseases: notes from a workshop
Marks DL, Olson RL, Urrutia R, Billadeau DD, Roy N, Calin GA, Fabbri M, Koutsioumpa M, Iliopoulos D, Ordog T, Huebert R, Sarmento O, Bamidele AO, Faubion W, Lomberk GL, Siveke J, Ahuja N, Iovanna J, Hlady RA, Robertson K, Kisiel J, Pin CL, Fernandez-Zapico ME. Epigenetics of gastrointestinal diseases: notes from a workshop. Epigenetics 2018, 13: 449-457. PMID: 30056798, PMCID: PMC6140811, DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2018.1464351.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDNA Methylation Patterns Separate Senescence from Transformation Potential and Indicate Cancer Risk
Xie W, Kagiampakis I, Pan L, Zhang YW, Murphy L, Tao Y, Kong X, Kang B, Xia L, Carvalho FLF, Sen S, Yen R, Zahnow CA, Ahuja N, Baylin SB, Easwaran H. DNA Methylation Patterns Separate Senescence from Transformation Potential and Indicate Cancer Risk. Cancer Cell 2018, 33: 309-321.e5. PMID: 29438699, PMCID: PMC5813821, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2018.01.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopmental genesDNA methylation patternsPromoter hypermethylation eventsEpigenetic patternsMethylation gainMethylation patternsMethylation changesHypermethylation eventsEpigenetic changesTissue agingSenescenceMetabolic regulatorTissue typesGenesTransformation potentialCellsHypermethylationRegulatorCancer risk
2017
The Roles of DNA Methylation in the Stages of Cancer
McMahon KW, Karunasena E, Ahuja N. The Roles of DNA Methylation in the Stages of Cancer. The Cancer Journal 2017, 23: 257-261. PMID: 28926425, PMCID: PMC5657558, DOI: 10.1097/ppo.0000000000000279.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpigenetic therapy and chemosensitization in solid malignancy
Ronnekleiv-Kelly SM, Sharma A, Ahuja N. Epigenetic therapy and chemosensitization in solid malignancy. Cancer Treatment Reviews 2017, 55: 200-208. PMID: 28431263, DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2017.03.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombination therapyEpigenetic therapySpecific hematologic malignanciesCertain solid tumorsHistone deacetylase inhibitorsDurable responsesSystemic therapyPatient subsetsSolid malignanciesHematologic malignanciesOvarian cancerBreast cancerDNA methyltransferase inhibitorEpigenetic changesSolid tumorsDeacetylase inhibitorsStandard chemotherapeuticsTherapyClinical potentialCancer cellsTrialsNSCLCMalignancyMethyltransferase inhibitorHypermethylation patterns
2016
Chapter 11 Prognostic Epigenetics
Sharma A, Abdelfatah E, Eissa M, Ahuja N. Chapter 11 Prognostic Epigenetics. 2016, 177-195. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-803239-8.00011-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Comparing the DNA Hypermethylome with Gene Mutations in Human Colorectal Cancer
Schuebel KE, Chen W, Cope L, Glöckner SC, Suzuki H, Yi JM, Chan TA, Van Neste L, Van Criekinge W, van den Bosch S, van Engeland M, Ting AH, Jair K, Yu W, Toyota M, Imai K, Ahuja N, Herman JG, Baylin SB. Comparing the DNA Hypermethylome with Gene Mutations in Human Colorectal Cancer. PLOS Genetics 2007, 3: e157. PMID: 17892325, PMCID: PMC1988850, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscriptome-wide approachCpG island DNA hypermethylationHuman colorectal cancer samplesHuman cancer genomesTumor-specific hypermethylationEpigenetic screensTranscriptional silencingIndividual genesCancer genomesEpigenetic changesDNA hypermethylationGene mutationsGenesHypermethylationCell linesIndividual tumorsHuman colorectal cancerColorectal cancer samplesCancer samplesMutationsColorectal cancerCancer biomarkersGenomeSilencingPromoter