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 analysis by digital bisulfite genomic sequencing and digital MethyLight.

  PMID 18628296 · PMC2504308 · Nucleic acids research · 2008 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  Digital PCR compartmentalizes individual bisulfite-converted DNA template molecules into separate wells, enabling single-molecule DNA methylation analysis

  fresh-frozen same sssi-methylated mixture digital conventional classic

• 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

• Genome-scale approaches to the epigenetics of common human disease.

  PMID 19844740 · PMC3107986 · Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2010 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  DNA methylation is a stable, mitotically heritable epigenetic mark faithfully propagated by DNMT1 acting on hemimethylated DNA during replication

  autopsy colorectal colon genomic charm quantitative bisulfite

• BRAF, KRAS and PIK3CA mutations in colorectal serrated polyps and cancer: primary or secondary genetic events in colorectal carcinogenesis?

  PMID 18782444 · PMC2553419 · BMC cancer · 2008 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  KRAS, BRAF and PIK3CA mutations occur in the majority of colorectal polyps and are mutually exclusive

  formalin-fixed colorectal sporadic polyps pcr bisulfite pentaplex

• DNA methylation of cancer genome.

  PMID 19960550 · PMC2940836 · Birth defects research. Part C, Embryo today : reviews · 2009 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Cancer epigenome alterations fall into two main categories: hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes and hypomethylation of oncogenes or heterochromatin.

  embryonic germ heterozygous cancer gene hypomorphic methyltransferase

• A review on the molecular diagnostics of Lynch syndrome: a central role for the pathology laboratory.

  PMID 19929944 · PMC3837620 · Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2010 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Lynch syndrome is caused by germline mutations in the mismatch repair genes MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 or PMS2

  colorectal tumour sporadic germline msi immunohistochemistry mlh1

• MSH6 missense mutations are often associated with no or low cancer susceptibility.

  PMID 15354210 · PMC2409912 · British journal of cancer · 2004 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  Most MSH6 missense changes found in MSI-positive tumours are likely clinically innocent or of low cancer-susceptibility significance

  microdissected blood individuals paraffin-embedded microsatellite exon sscp

• Genome-wide tracking of unmethylated DNA Alu repeats in normal and cancer cells.

  PMID 18084025 · PMC2241897 · Nucleic acids research · 2008 · 5 claims · 7 setups

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  QUMA (quantitative real-time PCR) and AUMA (fingerprinting PCR) methods can quantify and individually identify unmethylated Alu elements on a genomic scale using the methylation-sensitive SmaI site as a surrogate marker

  paired colorectal genome normal quma auma bioinformatic

• 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

• 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

• Microsatellite instability and mismatch repair gene inactivation in sporadic pancreatic and colon tumours.

  PMID 10389971 · PMC2363009 · British journal of cancer · 1999 · 6 claims · 5 setups

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  Microsatellite instability is common in sporadic pancreatic cancer but occurs at a uniformly low rate and is not accompanied by hMLH1/hMSH2 alterations, suggesting it does not drive pancreatic tumorigenesis.

  sporadic msi-positive tumour unstable microsatellite denaturing sequencing

• Convergence of mutation and epigenetic alterations identifies common genes in cancer that predict for poor prognosis.

  PMID 18507500 · PMC2429944 · PLoS medicine · 2008 · 7 claims · 7 setups

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  At least 36 of the 189 newly mutated CAN genes are targets of promoter CpG island hypermethylation, often in both colon and breast cancer cell lines

  breast same selected hct116 expression methylation-specific rt-pcr