Experiments

Searchable full-text extractions: founding hypothesis, core claims, experimental setups, key results and statistics — pulled out of each paper as structure. Search a cell line, an assay or an entity (e.g. HUH7) and find every paper that worked with it. This corpus stands on its own: most entries carry no reproduction assessment (yet).

• DNA methylation profiling of the human major histocompatibility complex: a pilot study for the human epigenome project.

  PMID 15550986 · PMC529316 · PLoS biology · 2004 · 8 claims · 3 setups

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  The human MHC methylation profile is strongly bimodal, with the vast majority of analysed regions being either hypo- (≤30%) or hypermethylated (≥70%)

  mhc subset heterogeneously bisulphite maldi-ms sub-cloning

• Headloop suppression PCR and its application to selective amplification of methylated DNA sequences.

  PMID 16091627 · PMC1184225 · Nucleic acids research · 2005 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  Headloop PCR: a 5' primer extension homologous to internal amplicon sequence causes hairpin formation after incorporation, suppressing further amplification of the matching sequence while unaffected sequences amplify normally

  plasmid genomic bacterial real-time methylation-specific

• Genetic and epigenetic changes in the common 1p36 deletion in neuroblastoma tumours.

  PMID 17940511 · PMC2360241 · British journal of cancer · 2007 · 8 claims · 4 setups

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  Treatment of neuroblastoma cell lines with the HDAC inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA) increased transcription of ERRFI1, PIK3CD, RBP7 and CASZ1, indicating possible epigenetic downregulation of these genes in NB

  lines tumours real-time bisulphite sequencing

• CpG island methylation status and mutation analysis of the RB1 gene essential promoter region and protein-binding pocket domain in nervous system tumours.

  PMID 12556968 · PMC2376780 · British journal of cancer · 2003 · 8 claims · 4 setups

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  RB1 CpG island hypermethylation is a common epigenetic event associated with development of malignant nervous system tumours

  nervous bisulphite-modified same pcr-sscp methylation-specific bisulphite

• CHEK2 mutations affecting kinase activity together with mutations in TP53 indicate a functional pathway associated with resistance to epirubicin in primary breast cancer.

  PMID 18725978 · PMC2518116 · PloS one · 2008 · 7 claims · 6 setups

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  TP53 mutations, especially those affecting the L2/L3 DNA-binding domains, are associated with resistance (progressive disease) to epirubicin therapy

  snap-frozen tumor u-2-os patients pcr bisulphite loss

• Functional epigenomics approach to identify methylated candidate tumour suppressor genes in renal cell carcinoma.

  PMID 18195710 · PMC2361461 · British journal of cancer · 2008 · 8 claims · 4 setups

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  HAI-2/SPINT2 was previously identified as a novel epigenetically inactivated candidate RCC tumour suppressor gene

  rcc skrc39 gene rt-pcr bisulphite

• Protocadherin PCDH10, involved in tumor progression, is a frequent and early target of promoter hypermethylation in cervical cancer.

  PMID 19681120 · PMC3430375 · Genes, chromosomes & cancer · 2009 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  PCDH10 promoter hypermethylation is a frequent event in invasive cervical cancer

  invasive lines normal cervical snp methylation-specific bisulphite

• Inactivation of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase by promoter CpG island hypermethylation in gastric cancers.

  PMID 12085181 · PMC2375420 · British journal of cancer · 2002 · 6 claims · 8 setups

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  Loss of MGMT expression in gastric carcinomas frequently results from promoter CpG island hypermethylation.

  gastric consecutive snu-620 methylation-specific immunohistochemistry western

• Candidate target genes for loss of heterozygosity on human chromosome 17q21.

  PMID 15187990 · PMC2409524 · British journal of cancer · 2004 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  JUP (plakoglobin) is the only identified gene physically located between the D17S746 and D17S846 markers that define the smallest common region of LOH on chromosome 17q21

  genomic normal breast p1-phage nucleotide rt-pcr cold

• Genetic and epigenetic alterations of Ras signalling pathway in colorectal neoplasia: analysis based on tumour clinicopathological features.

  PMID 17923875 · PMC2360240 · British journal of cancer · 2007 · 8 claims · 4 setups

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  K-ras/BRAF mutations and RASSF2 methylation frequently co-occur in colorectal adenomas, suggesting synergistic cooperation

  colorectal clinicopathological direct combined histopathological

• Genomic profiling of CpG methylation and allelic specificity using quantitative high-throughput mass spectrometry: critical evaluation and improvements.

  PMID 17855397 · PMC2094090 · Nucleic acids research · 2007 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  A new weighted formula that accounts for the number of methylated CpG sites per fragment removes the bias of the original MassCLEAVE™ formula toward higher apparent methylation in fragments with more CpG sites.

  inhbb cloned same fresh-frozen rnase masscleave clonal

• Highly individual methylation patterns of alternative glucocorticoid receptor promoters suggest individualized epigenetic regulatory mechanisms.

  PMID 19004867 · PMC2602793 · Nucleic acids research · 2008 · 7 claims · 4 setups

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  Methylation patterns of the five GR promoters activated in PBMCs are highly variable between individuals.

  chromosome genomic pbmc multi-species phylogenetic bisulphite

• Adverse prognosis of epigenetic inactivation in RUNX3 gene at 1p36 in human pancreatic cancer.

  PMID 18475302 · PMC2391125 · British journal of cancer · 2008 · 7 claims · 5 setups

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  RUNX3 promoter hypermethylation is frequent in primary pancreatic cancer tissue

  pancreatic microsatellite methylation-specific bisulphite

• Next-generation sequencing in aging research: emerging applications, problems, pitfalls and possible solutions.

  PMID 19900591 · PMC2878865 · Ageing research reviews · 2010 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  NGS platforms offer superior performance, specificity, and cost-effectiveness compared to traditional Sanger sequencing

  genome alzheimer's embryonic tissues genome genotyping rna-seq

• Establishment and characterisation of six human biliary tract cancer cell lines.

  PMID 12107841 · PMC2376107 · British journal of cancer · 2002 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Six new human biliary tract cancer cell lines (SNU-245, SNU-308, SNU-478, SNU-869, SNU-1079, SNU-1196) were established and characterised from Korean patients

  biliary snu lines microdissected culture fingerprinting pcr-sscp

• MMASS: an optimized array-based method for assessing CpG island methylation.

  PMID 17041235 · PMC1635254 · Nucleic acids research · 2006 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  MMASS-v2 (optimized AciI/HinP1I/HpyCH4IV/HpaII enzyme combination with McrBC digestion) offers improved sensitivity and statistical power for microarray-based CpG island methylation detection compared to MMASS-v1, MMASS-sub and the Nouzova method

  hct116 sssi-methylated hcgi12k methylation spike-in cobra

• The role of MYH and microsatellite instability in the development of sporadic colorectal cancer.

  PMID 17031395 · PMC2360566 · British journal of cancer · 2006 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  MYH-associated colorectal cancers can develop through either a chromosomal instability pathway or a microsatellite instability (MSI) pathway, contradicting the assumption that these are mutually exclusive.

  lymphocyte colorectal tumour msi-positive pcr restriction microsatellite