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Methylation of the RASSF1A and RARβ genes as a candidate biomarker for lung cancer

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    • Wen Li
    • Jing Deng
    • Pei Jiang
    • Xiaoxi Zeng
    • Shunqin Hu
    • Jianxin Tang
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    Affiliations: Hunan Key Laboratory of Green Packaging and Biological Nanotechnology, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, Hunan 412007, P.R. China
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    Published online on: March 15, 2012
       https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2012.517
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Promoter methylation of the RASSF1A and RARβ genes has been associated with susceptibility to different types of cancer. In addition, RASSF1A and RARβ methylation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of lung cancer. We investigated the aberrant promoter methylation of RASSF1A and RARβ in lung cancer patients using methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (MSP). Aberrant promoter methylation of the RASSF1A gene was detected in 45 of 56 (80.36%) cancer patients and aberrant promoter methylation of the RARβ gene was found in 48 of 56 (85.71%) cases; promoter methylation of both genes was found in 42 of 56 (75%) lung cancer cases. None of the 52 samples from controls exhibited DNA methylation in these two target genes. Methylation was significantly associated with the lung cancer cases compared to controls for the RASSF1A gene (adjusted OR=7.50; 95% CI, 3.935-14.296; p<0.001); similar results were obtained for methylation of the RARβ gene (adjusted OR=5.727; 95% CI, 3.348-9.797; p<0.001). In addition, the association remained significant in these two target genes (adjusted OR=8.429; 95% CI, 4.205-16.896; p<0.001). Our results indicated that the high percentage of promoter methylation in the RARβ and RASSF1A genes indicate their important role in the development of lung cancer in the population studied, and that risk of lung cancer for carriers positive for both genes is higher than in single-gene positive carriers, which may serve as a useful marker for prognosis and a target for the treatment of lung cancer.
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Li W, Deng J, Jiang P, Zeng X, Hu S and Tang J: Methylation of the RASSF1A and RARβ genes as a candidate biomarker for lung cancer. Exp Ther Med 3: 1067-1071, 2012.
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Li, W., Deng, J., Jiang, P., Zeng, X., Hu, S., & Tang, J. (2012). Methylation of the RASSF1A and RARβ genes as a candidate biomarker for lung cancer. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 3, 1067-1071. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2012.517
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Li, W., Deng, J., Jiang, P., Zeng, X., Hu, S., Tang, J."Methylation of the RASSF1A and RARβ genes as a candidate biomarker for lung cancer". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 3.6 (2012): 1067-1071.
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Li, W., Deng, J., Jiang, P., Zeng, X., Hu, S., Tang, J."Methylation of the RASSF1A and RARβ genes as a candidate biomarker for lung cancer". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 3, no. 6 (2012): 1067-1071. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2012.517
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Li W, Deng J, Jiang P, Zeng X, Hu S and Tang J: Methylation of the RASSF1A and RARβ genes as a candidate biomarker for lung cancer. Exp Ther Med 3: 1067-1071, 2012.
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Li, W., Deng, J., Jiang, P., Zeng, X., Hu, S., & Tang, J. (2012). Methylation of the RASSF1A and RARβ genes as a candidate biomarker for lung cancer. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 3, 1067-1071. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2012.517
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Li, W., Deng, J., Jiang, P., Zeng, X., Hu, S., Tang, J."Methylation of the RASSF1A and RARβ genes as a candidate biomarker for lung cancer". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 3.6 (2012): 1067-1071.
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Li, W., Deng, J., Jiang, P., Zeng, X., Hu, S., Tang, J."Methylation of the RASSF1A and RARβ genes as a candidate biomarker for lung cancer". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 3, no. 6 (2012): 1067-1071. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2012.517
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