Methylation profiling identifies two subclasses of squamous cell carcinoma related to distinct cells of origin

oleh: Manuel Rodríguez-Paredes, Felix Bormann, Günter Raddatz, Julian Gutekunst, Carlota Lucena-Porcel, Florian Köhler, Elisabeth Wurzer, Katrin Schmidt, Stefan Gallinat, Horst Wenck, Joachim Röwert-Huber, Evgeniya Denisova, Lars Feuerbach, Jeongbin Park, Benedikt Brors, Esther Herpel, Ingo Nindl, Thomas G. Hofmann, Marc Winnefeld, Frank Lyko

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-02-01

Deskripsi

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is a skin cancer that normally progresses from UV-induced actinic keratosis (AK). Here, the authors investigate the epigenomics of cSCC and highlight two distinct subclasses of AK and cSCC originating from distinct keratinocyte differentiation stages.