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 and mRNA expression of SYN III, a candidate gene for schizophrenia.

  PMID 19102774 · PMC2630979 · BMC medical genetics · 2008 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  Variation in SYN III distal CpG island methylation is not related to schizophrenia in the population sample or in a monozygotic twin pair discordant for schizophrenia

  brain blood non-human semi-quantitative sodium bisulfite

• Microarray-based DNA methylation profiling: technology and applications.

  PMID 16428248 · PMC1345696 · Nucleic acids research · 2006 · 7 claims · 6 setups

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  A microarray-based method enriching unmethylated and methylated DNA fractions via methylation-sensitive restriction enzymes followed by hybridization enables high-throughput DNA methylation profiling of large genomic regions.

  genomic postmortem ligated custom cpg tiling

• Inter-individual variation of DNA methylation and its implications for large-scale epigenome mapping.

  PMID 18413340 · PMC2425484 · Nucleic acids research · 2008 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CpG-rich regions (CpG islands) show low and similar methylation levels across individuals, but the sequential order of the few methylated CpGs among the many unmethylated ones varies randomly between individuals.

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• 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

• 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

• 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

• Pancreatic tumours: molecular pathways implicated in ductal cancer are involved in ampullary but not in exocrine nonductal or endocrine tumorigenesis.

  PMID 11161385 · PMC2363700 · British journal of cancer · 2001 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  PDC shows frequent alterations of K-ras, p53, p16 and DPC4, confirming these as the core molecular fingerprint of ductal cancer

  pancreatic same tumor pet sscp methylation-specific microsatellite

• 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

• 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.

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• 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

• 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

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• 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

• CTCFBSDB: a CTCF-binding site database for characterization of vertebrate genomic insulators.

  PMID 17981843 · PMC2238977 · Nucleic acids research · 2008 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  CTCF is the only identified trans-acting factor in vertebrates that confers enhancer-blocking insulator activity

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• Alterations in candidate genes PHF2, FANCC, PTCH1 and XPA at chromosomal 9q22.3 region: pathological significance in early- and late-onset breast carcinoma.

  PMID 18990233 · PMC2633285 · Molecular cancer · 2008 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  PHF2, FANCC and PTCH1 show high frequency of alterations (deletion/methylation) compared to XPA in both early- and late-onset breast carcinoma groups

  invasive breast normal microsatellite methylation sscp

• MRX87 family with Aristaless X dup24bp mutation and implication for polyAlanine expansions.

  PMID 17480217 · PMC1868705 · BMC medical genetics · 2007 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  The MRX87 disease locus maps to the Xp22-p21 interval, a known hot spot region for mental handicap

  peripheral genomic pcr leukocytes two-point direct pcr

• A novel mutation in FRMD7 causing X-linked idiopathic congenital nystagmus in a large family.

  PMID 18246032 · PMC2267738 · Molecular vision · 2008 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  A novel c.812G>T transversion in exon 9 of FRMD7, causing p.C271F, is the causative mutation for XLICN in this family

  affected family blood frmd7 microsatellite direct denaturing

• 1p36 is a preferential target of chromosome 1 deletions in astrocytic tumours and homozygously deleted in a subset of glioblastomas.

  PMID 17934521 · PMC2650419 · Oncogene · 2008 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Total 1p deletion is rare (2%) in astrocytic tumours, whereas partial deletions involving 1p36 are common and increase with malignancy grade (22% in anaplastic astrocytomas, 34% in glioblastomas)

  astrocytic glioblastomas array-cgh microsatellite quantitative

• Mutations in JARID1C are associated with X-linked mental retardation, short stature and hyperreflexia.

  PMID 18697827 · PMC3711528 · Journal of medical genetics · 2008 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Four novel JARID1C mutations (p.A77T, p.V504M, p.E468GfsX2, p.R1481GfsX9) were identified in males with mental retardation across three screened cohorts.

  genomic family carrier jarid1c dhplc allele-specific restriction

• Female monozygotic twins discordant for hemophilia A due to nonrandom X-chromosome inactivation.

  PMID 18645989 · PMC5715470 · American journal of hematology · 2008 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  Monozygotic twin A (severe hemophilia A, FVIII:C <1%) shows complete nonrandom X-inactivation skewed toward the paternal (normal factor VIII) X-chromosome

  peripheral cheek genomic twin factor karyotype microsatellite