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Table 4 CIMP studies in HCC

From: DNA methylation: potential biomarker in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Genes used to define CIMP

HCC patients (n)

Clinicopathological correlation

Validation method

Publication

Year

ER, c-MYC, p14, p15, p16, p53, RB1, RASSF1A, WT1

50

AFP level

MSP

Zhang et al. [96]

2007

E2F1, p15, p16, p21, p27, p300, p53, RB, WT1

120

Metastasis

MSP

Zhang et al. [97]

2008

CDH1, p14, p15, p16, p21, RB1, RASSF1A, SYK, TIMP3, WT1

60

Metastasis, tumor stage

MSP

Cheng et al. [98]

2010

CDH1, DAPK, GSTP1, p16, SOCS1, SYK, XAF1

65

AFP, RFS, tumor numbers

MSP

Wu et al. [100]

2010

GSTP1, MGMT, OPCML, p14, p15, p16, p73, RARβ, SOCS1

115

OS, RFS

MSP

Li et al. [99]

2010

APC, CDH1, DKK, DLC1, RUNX3, SFRP1, WIF1

108

AFP level, DFS, Gender, HBV status, tumor stage

MSP

Liu et al. [101]

2011

APC, GSTP1, HIC1, p16, PRDM2, RASSF1A, RUNX3, SOCS1

177

DFS

Methylight

Nishida et al. [102]

2012

  1. AFP, Alpha fetoprotein; DFS, Disease free survival; HBV, Hepatitis B virus; MSP, Methylation-specific PCR; OS, Overall survival; RFS, Recurrence free survival.