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Table 2 Listing of cancer associated hypermethylation markers that have been reported previously within the 250 highest ranking genes, as found by literature search (trough NCBI E-fetch, using GeneCards to search aliases)

From: Discovery of DNA methylation markers in cervical cancer using relaxation ranking

Gene symbol

Rank

Profile X-Y-Z

Chromosomal location

References

ZIK1

6

16-1-15

19q13.43

Intestinal metaplasia

[68]

NNAT 1,2

21

0-1-11

20q11.2-q12

Pediatric acute leukemia

[40]

SST 1

22

1-1-12

3q28

Colon cancer

[53]

SSX2 3

27

0-0-8

Xp11.23-p11.22

Bladder cancer

[69]

NPTX1 1

29

2-3-14

17q25.1-q25.2

Pancreatic cancer

[54]

PRSS21

72

18-3-15

16p13.3

Testicular cancer

[70, 71]

CYP1A1 1

76

0-0-7

15q22-q24

Prostate cancer

[72]

MAGEA3 1,3

96

4-2-12

Xq28

Different cancer cell lines (Leukemic, Hepatic, Prostate, Breast, Colon)

[73]

Hepatocellular carcinoma

[74]

Melanoma

[75]

INSR

124

7-0-9

19p13.3-p13.2

Prostate cancer

[50]

DLX1

150

2-3-12

2q32

Lung cancer

[76]

PAX9

207

25-1-12

14q12-q13

Lung cancer

[76]

ZNF342

228

0-0-6

19q13.32

Brain cancer

[77]

CCNA1 1,4

234

3-0-7

13q12.3-q13

Cervical cancer

[48]

Head-and neck cancer

[30]

Oral cancer

[52]

CTCFL

245

14-0-9

20q13.31

Prostate and bladder cancer

[78]

LIFR

248

32-3-15

5p13-p12

Hepatocellular carcinoma

[79]

  1. 1Genes, whose promoter has been described in literature as being methylated in certain cancer types selected by screening the PubMeth database. 2Imprinted. 3Located on the X-chromosome. 4Methylated in cervical cancer (literature search)