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Table 1 Interspersed repetitive sequence hypomethylation in cancer

From: Long interspersed nuclear element-1 hypomethylation in cancer: biology and clinical applications

Type of cancer

Repeated sequence

Hypomethylation

Reference

Abdominal paragangrioma

LINE-1

Yes

Geli et al. (2008)

Breast cancer

Alu

Yes

Cho et al. (2010)

LINE-1

Yes

Cho et al. (2010)

Cervical cancer

LINE-1

Yes

Shuangshoti et al. (2007)

Cholangiocarcinoma

LINE-1

Yes

Kim et al. (2009a)

Colorectal cancer

Alu

Yes

Kwon et al. (2010; Rodriguez et al. (2008)

LINE-1

Yes

Chalitchagorn et al. (2004; Suter et al. (2004); Matsuzaki et al. (2005); Estecio et al. (2007); Iacopetta et al. (2007); Ogino et al. (2008a); Nosho et al. (2009a, b); An et al. (2010); Baba et al. (2010); Ibrahim et al. (2011); Irahara et al. (2010); Kawakami et al. (2011); Kwon et al. (2010)

Ependymoma

Alu

Yes

Xie et al. (2010)

Esophagus cancer

LINE-1

Yes

Chalitchagorn et al. (2004)

Gastric cancer

Alu

Yes

Yoo et al. (2008); Park et al. (2009); Hou et al. (2010); Xiang et al. (2010); Yoshida et al. (2011)

LINE-1

Yes

Chalitchagorn et al. (2004; Yoo et al. (2008); Park et al. (2009); Yoshida et al. (2011)

Germ cell tumor

LINE-1

Yes

Alves et al. (1996)

Fibrolamellar carcinoma of liver

LINE-1

No

Trankenschuh et al. (2010)

Head and neck squamous cell cancer

LINE-1

Yes

Chalitchagorn et al. (2004); Hsiung et al. (2007); Smith et al. (2007); Subbalekha et al. (2009)

Hepatoma

Alu

Yes

Lee et al. (2009)

LINE-1

Yes

Takai et al. (2000); Chalitchagorn et al. (2004); Tangkijvanich et al. (2007); Lee et al. (2009); Kim et al. (2009b); Formeister et (al. 2010); Trankenschuh et al. (2010)

Leukemia (acute promyelocytic leukemia)

Alu Yb8

No

Choi et al. (2009)

LINE-1

No

Choi et al. (2009)

Leukemia (chronic myelogenous leukemia)

Alu

Yes

Roman-Gomez et al. (2008); Fabris et al. (2011)

LINE-1

Yes

Roman-Gomez et al. (2008); Roman-Gomez et al. (2005); Fabris et al. (2011)

Leukemia (plasma cell leukemia)

LINE-1

Yes

Bollati et al. (2009)

Lung cancer (non-small cell lung cancer)

Alu

Yes

Daskalos et al. (2009)

LINE-1

Yes

Chalitchagorn et al. (2004); Daskalos et al. (2009); Jin et al. (2009); Saito et al. (2010)

Lymphoma

LINE-1

No

Chalitchagorn et al. (2004)

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor

LINE-1

No

Feber et al. (2011)

Melanoma

LINE-1

Yes

Tellez et al. (2009)

Multiple myeloma

Alu

Yes

Bollati et al. (2009)

LINE-1

Yes

Bollati et al. (2009)

Neuroendocrine tumor

Alu

Yes

Choi et al. (2007)

LINE-1

Yes

Choi et al. (2007)

Neurofibromatosis

LINE-1

No

Feber et al. (2011)

Ovarian cancer

AluHER

Yes

Watts et al. (2008)

V-W

Yes

Menendez et al. (2004)

LINE-1

Yes

Menendez et al. (2004); Pattamadilok et al. (2008); Woloszynska-Read et al. (2008); Dammann et al. (2010)

Parathyroid adenoma

LINE-1

No

Juhlin et al. (2010)

Pheochromocytoma

LINE-1

Yes

Geli et al. (2008)

Prostate cancer

Alu

Yes

Kim et al. (2011)

LINE-1

Yes

Santourlidis et al. (1999; Schulz et al. (2002); Chalitchagorn et al. (2004); Florl et al. (2004); Kindich et al. (2006); Yegnasubramanian et al. (2008); Cho et al. (2009)

Renal cell carcinoma

LINE-1

No

Florl et al. (1999); Chalitchagorn et al. (2004)

Thyroid cancer (follicular type)

LINE-1

No

Lee et al. (2008)

Thyroid cancer (papillary type)

LINE-1

No

Chalitchagorn et al. (2004)

Urothelial cancer

HERV-K

Yes

Florl et al. (1999)

Alu Yb8

Yes

Choi et al. (2009)

LINE-1

Yes

Jurgens et al. (1996); Florl et al. (1999); Neuhausen et al. (2006); Choi et al. (2009); Wilhelm et al. (2010); Wolff et al. (2010)