DNA methylation and histone modifications as epigenetic regulation in prostate cancer (Review)
| Autor: | Ewelina Wiśnik, Maria Nowacka-Zawisza |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Male Cancer Research Biology medicine.disease_cause Chromatin remodeling Epigenesis Genetic Histones 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Histone code Humans Gene Regulatory Networks Genetic Predisposition to Disease Cancer epigenetics Epigenetics skin and connective tissue diseases Regulation of gene expression Cancer Prostatic Neoplasms General Medicine DNA Methylation medicine.disease Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly Gene Expression Regulation Neoplastic Histone Code MicroRNAs 030104 developmental biology Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis DNA methylation Cancer research sense organs Carcinogenesis |
| Zdroj: | Oncology reports. 38(5) |
| ISSN: | 1791-2431 |
| Popis: | Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in men in Poland after lung cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality after lung and colon cancer. The etiology of most cases of prostate cancer are not fully known, and therefore it is essential to search for the molecular basis of prostate cancer and markers for the early diagnosis of this type of cancer. Epigenetics deals with changes in gene expression that are not determined by changes in the DNA sequence. Epigenetic changes refer to changes in the structure of DNA, which are the result of DNA modification after replication and/or post-translational modification of proteins associated with DNA. In contrast to mutations, epigenetic changes are reversible and occur very rapidly. The major epigenetic mechanisms include DNA methylation, modification of histone proteins, chemical modification and chromatin remodeling changes in gene expression caused by microRNAs (miRNAs). Epigenetic changes play an important role in malignant transformation and can be specific to types of cancers including prostate cancer. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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