Large-scale profiling of archival lymph nodes reveals pervasive remodeling of the follicular lymphoma methylome

  • J. Keith Killian
  • , Sven Bilke
  • , Sean Davis
  • , Robert L. Walker
  • , M. Scott Killian
  • , Erich B. Jaeger
  • , Yidong Chen
  • , Jason Hipp
  • , Stefania Pittaluga
  • , Mark Raffeld
  • , Robert Cornelison
  • , William I. Smith
  • , Marina Bibikova
  • , Jian Bing Fan
  • , Michael R. Emmert-Buck
  • , Elaine S. Jaffe
  • , Paul S. Meltzer

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Abstract

Emerging technologies allow broad profiling of the cancer genome for differential DNA methylation relative to benign cells. Herein, bisulfite-modified DNA from lymph nodes with either reactive hyperplasia or follicular lymphoma (FL) were analyzed using a commercial C/UpG genotyping assay. Two hundred fifty-nine differentially methylated targets (DMT) distributed among 183 unique genes were identified in FL. Comparison of matched formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded and frozen surgical pathology replicates showed the complete preservation of the cancer methylome among differently archived tissue specimens. Analysis of the DMT profile is consistent with a pervasive epigenomic remodeling process in FLthat affects predominantly nonlymphoid genes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)758-764
Number of pages7
JournalCancer Research
Volume69
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2009
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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