Prostaglandin E 2 promotes intestinal tumor growth via DNA methylation

Dianren Xia; Dingzhi Wang; Sun Hee Kim; Hiroshi Katoh; Raymond N. Dubois

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Prostaglandin E ₂ promotes intestinal tumor growth via DNA methylation

Dianren Xia, Dingzhi Wang, Sun Hee Kim, Hiroshi Katoh, Raymond N. Dubois

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Abstract

Although aberrant DNA methylation is considered to be one of the key ways by which tumor-suppressor and DNA-repair genes are silenced during tumor initiation and progression, the mechanisms underlying DNA methylation alterations in cancer remain unclear. Here we show that prostaglandin E ₂ (PGE ₂) silences certain tumor-suppressor and DNA-repair genes through DNA methylation to promote tumor growth. These findings uncover a previously unrecognized role for PGE ₂ in the promotion of tumor progression.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	224-226
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature medicine
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.2608
State	Published - Feb 2012

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