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Table 3 GMDs with the highest numbers of strong correlations between their expression and methylation levels of target probes and gene regions within individual cancer categories

From: Association of expression of epigenetic molecular factors with DNA methylation and sensitivity to chemotherapeutic agents in cancer cell lines

Cancer type

GMD

Positive correlations

Negative correlations

GMD correlations with ≥ 5 individual probes

NSCLC

MGMT

25

0

CLLE

UHRF1

15

0

NSCLC

DNMT3A

12

0

NSCLC

PHC2

2

9

NSCLC

CBX2

8

2

BREAST

EHMT1

6

0

THCA

CBX2

6

0

CLLE

SUV39H2

5

0

COAD/READ

APOBEC1

0

34

CLLE

ZBTB38

0

25

BREAST

SMUG1

2

5

NSCLC

SETDB1

0

7

GMD correlations with > 100 gene regions

CLLE

UHRF1

1320

2

CLLE

CBX2

687

0

CLLE

PHC2

651

0

CLLE

CSNK1E

536

0

CLLE

EHMT2

392

0

COAD/READ

SIRT1

359

0

BREAST

EHMT1

268

39

CLLE

SUV39H2

293

1

SCLC

DNMT1

261

1

STAD

TET1

239

0

CLLE

IDH2

165

0

CLLE

DNMT1

154

0

SARCOMA

IDH2

139

5

STAD

CBX1

135

1

COAD/READ

SUZ12

126

1

CLLE

DNMT3B

120

0

GLIOMA

TET3

113

0

COAD/READ

UHRF1

111

0

CLLE

EZH2

106

0

BREAST

BCAT1

89

63

CLLE

ZBTB38

0

869

COAD/READ

APOBEC1

5

766

BREAST

SMUG1

34

273

BREAST

TDG

50

195

BREAST

APOBEC3C

22

97

  1. Listed are the counts of correlations satisfying p < 6.039 × 10–10 and Spearman |ρ| > 0.5 for individual probes and pFDR < 0.05 and Spearman |ρ| > 0.5 for gene regions