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CELL REPORTS
Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 1066-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.09.082
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- Swiss League Against Cancer Foundation [KFS-3983-08-2016]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) [310030_ 169519]
- Gabriella Giorgi-Cavaglieri Foundation
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [310030_169519] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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The discovery of cancer-associated alterations has primarily focused on genetic variants. Nonetheless, altered epigenomes contribute to deregulate transcription and promote oncogenic pathways. Here, we designed an algorithmic approach (RESET) to identify aberrant DNA methylation and associated cis-transcriptional changes across >6,000 human tumors. Tumors exhibiting mutations of chromatin remodeling factors and Wnt signaling displayed DNA methylation instability, characterized by numerous hyper- and hypo-methylated loci. Most silenced and enhanced genes coalesced in specific pathways including apoptosis, DNA repair, and cell metabolism. Cancer-germ line antigens (CG) were frequently epigenomically enhanced and their expression correlated with response to anti-PD-1, but not anti-CTLA4, in skin melanoma. Finally, we demonstrated the potential of our approach to explore DNA methylation changes in pediatric tumors, which frequently lack genetic drivers and exhibit epigenomic modifications. Our results provide a pan-cancer map of aberrant DNA methylation to inform functional and therapeutic studies.
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