VHL inactivation without hypoxia is sufficient to achieve genome hypermethylation
A. V. Artemov, N. Zhigalova, S. Zhenilo, A. M. Mazur, E. B. Prokhortchouk
This study shows that VHL inactivation causes genome hypermethylation in normoxia, primarily at AP-1 and TRIM28 binding sites, leading to promoter hypermethylation and reduced gene expression of transcription regulators.
bioRxiv · Dec 12, 2016Cancer Biology