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Table 2 Overlap of genes reported as hypermethylated in variant human mammary epithelial cells and as potential prognostic epigenetic markers in breast cancer

From: Epigenome remodelling in breast cancer: insights from an early in vitro model of carcinogenesis

Gene symbol

Methylation in vHMECs

P value of vHMECs

Methylation in immortal vHMECs

P value of immortal vHMECs

Methylation in cancer

Association in cancer

CDO1

NA

NA

Hyper

<0.003

Hyper

Reduced time to distant metastasis and reduced metastasis-free survival

CIDEB

Hyper

0.001

Hyper

<0.000006

Hyper

Increased likelihood of relapse

ESR2 (ER-B)

Hyper

0.000002

Hyper

<0.000009

Hyper

Increased incidence of Relapse

FOXL2

NA

NA

Hyper

0.001

Hyper

Reduced time to distant metastasis

ID4

Hyper

<0.004

Hyper

<0.004

Hyper

Reduced recurrence-free survival

NR2E1

Hyper

0.00001

Hyper

<0.000007

Hyper

Reduced time to distant metastasis

OLIG2

Hyper

<0.01

Hyper

<0.008

Hyper

Increased likelihood of relapse

TLX3

NA

NA

Hyper

<0.003

Hyper/Hypo

Reduced time to distant metastasis

KIF2C

Hyper

0.004

NA

NA

Hypo

Increased likelihood of relapse

TOP1

NA

NA

Hypo

0.01

Hypo

Increased likelihood of relapse

VEGF

NA

NA

Hyper

0.001

Hypo

Increased likelihood of relapse

  1. Hyper, hypermethylation; Hypo, hypomethylation; NA, not available; vHMEC, variant human mammary epithelial cell.