DNA and Histone Methylation as Cancer Targets

Atsushi Kaneda, MD, PhD, is Professor, Department of Molecular Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.Yu-ichi Tsukada, PhD, is Professor, Advanced Biological Information Research Division, INAMORI Frontier Research Center, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

DNA and histone methylation in epigenetics.- The molecular basis of DNA methylation.- The molecular basis of DNA demethylation.- DNA methylation changes in cancer.- Misregulation of DNA methylation regulators in cancer.- The molecular basis of histone methylation.- The molecular basis of histone demethylation.- Misregulation of histone methylation regulators in cancer.- Other histone modifications.- DNA methylation and dysregulation of miRNA in cancer.- Genomic imprinting syndromes and cancer.- DNA and Histone Methylation in Brain Cancer.- DNA and Histone Methylation in Gastric Cancer.- DNA and Histone Methylation in Hematopoietic malignancy.- DNA and Histone methylation in Lung cancer.- DNA and Histone Methylation in Liver Cancer.- DNA and Histone Methylation in Colon Cancer.- DNA and histone methylation in prostate cancer.- DNA and histone modifications in cancer diagnosis.- DNA and histone modifications in cancer therapy.- Future perspective of DNA and histone methylation as cancer targets.