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Table 2 Average relative methylation levels of genes previously associated with ER and HER2 status

From: Molecular subtypes of breast cancer are associated with characteristic DNA methylation patterns

CpG site

Basal-like

(n = 43)

Luminal or HER2-enriched

(n = 95)

P-value1

ER-negative

(n = 61)

ER-positive

(n = 113)

P-value1

RASSF1_E116_F

-0.37

0.16

2 × 10-11

-0.22

0.13

2 × 10-7

RASSF1_P244_F

-0.32

0.16

2 × 10-11

-0.19

0.12

3 × 10-7

GSTP1_E322_R

-0.24

0.07

2 × 10-5

-0.02

0.03

0.4

GSTP1_P74_F

-0.11

0.03

0.02

-0.04

0.03

0.2

GSTP1_seq_38_S153_R

-0.10

0.05

6 × 10-3

-0.01

0.02

0.7

APC_P14_F

-0.38

0.11

2 × 10-8

-0.19

0.11

5 × 10-5

APC_P280_R

-0.13

0.07

2 × 10-4

-0.10

0.05

5 × 10-4

  1. 1Wilcoxon test.
  2. ER, oestrogen receptor; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2