High-Resolution Melting-Based Quantitative Analysis of RASSF1 Methylation in Breast Cancer

quantitative evaluation of dnmt3b promoter methylation in breast cancer patients using differential high resolution melting analysis

dna methylation plays an important role in carcinogenesis through epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes. aberrant methylation usually results from changes in the activity of dna methyltransferases (dnmts). some studies show that the overexpression of the dnmts may lead to aberrant methylation of tumor suppressor genes. also the overexpression of dnmts may be related to methylation stat...

rapid quantitative determination of gstp1 promoter methylation level using differential high resolution melting analysis (d-hrma)

Detection of Microsatellite Instability by High-Resolution Melting Analysis in Colorectal Cancer

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide. microsatellite instability (MSI) is a molecular marker of a deficient mismatch repair system and happens in almost 15% of CRCs. Because of a wide frequency of MSI+ CRC in Iran compared to other parts of the world, the importance of screening for this type of cancer is highlighted. Methods: The most common MSI detecti...

High quality assessment of DNA methylation in archival tissues from colorectal cancer patients using quantitative high-resolution melting analysis.

High-resolution melting (HRM) analysis is a novel tool for analysis of promoter methylation. The aim of the present study was to establish and validate HRM analysis for detection of promoter methylation on archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues from colorectal cancer patients. We first evaluated HRM assays for O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) and adenomatous polyposis ...

High-resolution melting analysis for mutation screening of RGSL1, RGS16, and RGS8 in breast cancer.

BACKGROUND Identification of specific mutation targets in cancer may lead to discovery of the genes modulating cancer susceptibility and/or prognosis. The RGSL1, RGS16, and RGS8 genes within the 1q25.3 region belong to the novel family of regulators of G protein signaling (RGS) genes, which increase the GTPase activity of the Gα subunit to attenuate signaling from the G protein-coupled receptor...