Enriched transcription factor binding sites in hypermethylated gene promoters in drug resistant cancer cells

摘要

Motivation: In the human genome, ‘CpG islands’, CG-rich regions located in or near gene promoters, are normally unmethylated. However, in cancer cells, CpG islands frequently gain methylation, resulting in silencing of growth-limiting tumor suppressor genes. To our knowledge, the potential relationship between CpG island hypermethylation, transcription factor (TF) binding in local promoter regions and transcriptional control has not been previously explored in a genome-wide context.