Dysregulation of X chromosome inactivation in high grade ovarian serous adenocarcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One of the two copies of the X chromosome is randomly inactivated in females as a means of dosage compensation. Loss of X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is observed in breast and ovarian cancers, and is frequent in basal-like subtype and BRCA1 mutation-associated breast cancers. We investigated the clinical implications of the loss of XCI in ovarian cancer and the association between the loss of XCI and BRCA1 dysfunction.

Materials and methods

We used open source data generated by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Genome Data Analysis Centers. Ward's hierarchical clustering method was used to classify the methylation status of the X chromosome.

Results

We grouped 584 high grade serous ovarian adenocarcinomas (HG-SOA) according to methylation status, loss of het

SUBMITTER: Kang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4351149 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature