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An LOH and mutational analysis of the ACTRII gene locus in human colorectal tumors.
     Olaru A, Mori Y, Yin J, Wang S, Kimos MC, Perry K, Xu Y, Sato F, Selaru FM, Deacu E, Shibata D, Abraham JM, Meltzer SJ.
     Lab. Invest. 2003 Dec; 83(12):1867-1861.
The impact of microsatellite instability on the molecular phenotype of colorectal tumors.
     Mori Y, Selaru F, Sato F, Xu Y, Wang S, Yin J, Abraham JM, Olaru A, Deacu E, Kimos M, Perry K, Shibata D, Young J, Leggett B, Meltzer SJ.
     Cancer Res. 2003 Aug 1; 63(15):4577-4582.
An LOH and mutational investigation of the ST7 gene locus in human esophageal carcinoma.
     Wang S, Mori Y, Sato F, Yin J, Xu Y, Zou TT, Olaru A, Kimos MC, Perry K, Selaru FM, Deacu E, Sun M, Shi YC, Shibata D, Abraham JM, Greenwald BD, Meltzer SJ.
     Oncogene 2003 Jan 23; 22(3):467-470.
Pharmacologic unmasking of epigenetically silenced tumor suppressor genes in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
     Yamashita K, Upadhyay S, Osada M, Hoque MO, Xiao Y, Mori M, Sato F, Meltzer SJ,
     Cancer Cell 2002, Dec; 2(12):485-495.
Aberrant methylation of the HPP1 gene in ulcerative colitis-associated colorectal carcinoma.
     Sato F, Shibata D, Harpaz N, Xu Y, Yin J, Mori Y, Wang S, Olaru A, Deacu E, Selaru F, Kimos M, Hytiroglou P, Young J, Leggett B, Gazdar AF, Toyooka S, Abraham JM, Meltzer SJ.
     Cancer Res. 2002 Dec 1; 62(23):6820-6822.
Morphological and molecular heterogeneity within non-microsatellite instability-high colorectal cancer.
     Whitehall VLJ, Wynter CVA, Walsh MD, Simms LA, Purdie D, Pandeya N, Young J, Meltzer SJ, Leggett BA, Jass JR.
     Cancer Res. 2002 Nov 1; 62(21):6011-6014.
Hypermethylation of HPP1 is associated with hMLH1 hypermethylation in gastric adenocarcinomas.
     Shibata DM, Sato F, Mori Y, Perry K, Yin J, Wang S, Xu Y, Olaru A, Selaru F, Spring K, Young J, Abraham JM, Meltzer SJ.
     Cancer Res. 2002 Oct 15; 62(20):5637-40.
E2F-4 mutation in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer.
     Moriyama H, Sasamoto H, Kambara T, Matsubara N, Ikeda M, Baba S, Meltzer SJ, Lynch HT, Shimizu K, Tanaka N.
     J Exp Clin Cancer Res.  2002 Jun; 21(2):185-9.
Instabilotyping reveals novel unique mutational spectra in microsatellite-unstable gastric cancers.
     Mori Y, Selaru FM, Olaru A, Perry K, Kimos MC, Tamura G, Matsubara N, Sato F, Wang S, Xu Y, Yin J, Zou T-T, Leggett B, Young J, Nukiwa T, Stine OC, Abraham JM, Shibata D, Meltzer SJ.
     Cancer Res. 2002; 62:3641-3645.
Application of cDNA microarrays to generate a molecular taxonomy capable of distinguishing between colon cancer and normal colon.
     Zou T, Selaru F, Xu Y, Yin J, Shustova V, Mori Y, Sato F, Liu TC, Abraham JM, Meltzer SJ.
     Oncogene 2002; 21:4855-4862.
Artificial neural networks and gene filtering distinguish between global gene expression profiles of Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal cancer.
     Xu Y, Selaru FM, Yin J, Zou TT, Shustova V, Mori Y, Sato F, Liu TC, Olaru A, Wang S, Kimos MC, Perry K, Desai K, Greenwald BD, Krasna MJ, Shibata D, Abraham JM, Meltzer SJ.
     Cancer Res. 2002; 62:3493-3497.
Aberrant methylation of the CDH13 (H-cadherin) promoter region in colorectal cancers and adenomas.
     Toyooka S, Toyooka KO, Harada K, Miyajima K, Makarla P, Sathyanarayan UG, Yin J, Sato F, Shivapurkar N, Meltzer SJ, Gazdar AF.
     Cancer Res. 2002; 62:3382-3386.
Activation of the esophagin promoter during esophageal epithelial cell differentiation.
     Smolinski KN, Abraham JM, Souza RF, Yin J, Wang S, Xu Y, Zou T-T, Kong D, Fleisher AS, Meltzer SJ.
     Genomics 2002; 79:875-880.
Analysis of genetic and epigenetic alterations of the PTEN gene in gastric cancer.
     Sato K, Tamura G, Tsuchiya T, Endoh Y, Sakata K, Motoyama T, Usuba O, Kimura W, Terashima M, Nishizuka S, Zou T, Meltzer SJ.
     Virchows Arch. 2002; 440:160-165.
Artificial neural networks distinguish among subtypes of neoplastic colorectal lesions. 
     Selaru F, Xu Y, Yin J, Zou T, Liu TC, Mori Y, Abraham JM, Sato F, Wang S, Twigg C, Olaru A, Shustova V, Leytin A, Shibata D, Harpaz N, Meltzer SJ.
     Gastroenterol. 2002; 122:606-613.
Hypermethylation of the p14ARF gene in ulcerative colitis-associated colorectal carcinogenesis.
     Sato F, Harpaz N, Shibata D, Xu Y, Yin J, Mori Y, Zou T-T, Wang S, Desai K, Leytin A, Selaru F, Abraham JM, Meltzer SJ.
     Cancer Res. 2002; 62:1148-1151.
Global gene expression profiling in Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal cancer: a comparative analysis using cDNA microarrays.
     Selaru F, Zou T, Shustova V, Xu Y, Yin J, Mori Y, Sato F, Wang S, Shibata D, Greenwald BD, Krasna MJ, Abraham JM, Meltzer SJ.
     Oncogene 2002; 21:475-478.
Glypican-3 expression in Wilms tumor and hepatoblastoma.
     Toretsky JA, Zitomersky NL, Eskenazi AE, Voigt RW, Strauch ED, Sun CC, Huber R, Meltzer SJ, Schlessinger D.
     J. Ped. Hematol./Oncol. 2001; 23:496-499.
Proton pump inhibitors reduce cell cycle abnormalities in Barrett’s esophagus.
     Umansky M, Yasui W, Hallak A, Brill S, Shapira I, Halpern Z, Nibshoosh H, Rattan J, Meltzer S, Tahara E, Arber N.
     Oncogene 2001; 20:7987-7991.
Effect of naturally occurring E2F-4 alterations on transcriptional activation and proliferation in transfected cells.
     Takashima H, Matsumoto Y, Matsubara N, Shirakawa Y, Kawashima R, Tanino M, Ito S, Isozaki H, Ouchida M, Meltzer SJ, Tanaka N, Shimizu K.
     Lab Invest. 2001; 81:1565-1573.
Activation of a cryptic splicing site of PTEN and allelic imbalance in benign skin lesions in Cowden disease.
     Trojan J, Plotz G, Brieger A, Raedle J, Meltzer SJ, Wolter M, Zeuzem S.
     J. Invest. Dermatol. 2001; 117:1650-1653.
Adenomatous Polyposis Coli gene promoter hypermethylation in non-small cell lung cancer is associated with survival.
     Brabender J, Usadel H, Danenberg KD, Metzger R, Schneider PM, Lord RV, Wickramasinghe K, Lum CE, Park JM, Salonga D, Sidransky D, Hölscher AH, Meltzer SJ, Danenberg PV.
     Oncogene 2001; 20:3528-3532.
Instabilotyping: comprehensive identification of novel cancer-related genes by large-scale probing for mutations in coding region microsatellites.
     Mori Y, Yin J, Rashid A, Leggett BA, Young J, Kuehl PM, Langenberg P, Meltzer SJ,* Stine OC.
     Cancer Res. 2001; 61:6046-6049.  * = corresp. author
p14 (ARF) silencing by promoter hypermethylation mediates abnormal intracellular localization of MDM2.
     Esteller M, Cordon-Cardo C, Corn PG, Meltzer SJ, Pohar KS, Watkins NG, Capella G, Peinado MA, Matias-Guiu X, Prat J, Baylin SB, Herman JG.
     Cancer Res. 2001; 61:2816-2821.
Promoter methylation regulates Helicobacter pylori-stimulated cyclooxygenase-2 expression in gastric epithelial cells.
     Akhtar M, Cheng Y, Magno RM, Ashktorab H, Smoot DT, Meltzer SJ, Wilson KT.
     Cancer Res. 2001; 61:2399-2403.
Hypermethylation of the hMLH1 gene promoter is associated with microsatellite instability in early human gastric neoplasia.
     Fleisher AS, Esteller M, Tamura G, Rashid A, Stine OC, Yin J, Zou TT, Abraham JM, Kong D, Nishizuka S, James SP, Wilson KT, Herman JG, Meltzer SJ.
     Oncogene 2001; 20:329-335.
Hypermethylated APC promoter DNA in serum and prognosis in esophageal adenocarcinoma patients.
     Kawakami, K., Brabender, J., Lord, R.V., Groshen, S., Greenwald, B.D., Krasna, M.J., Yin, J., Fleisher, A.S., Abraham, J.M., Beer, D.G., Sidransky, D., Huss, H.T., DeMeester, T.R., Eads, C.A., Laird, P.W., Ilson, D.H., Kelsen, D.P., Harpole, D., Moore, M.-B., Danenberg, K.D., Danenberg, P.V., Meltzer S.J.
     J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 2000; 92:1805-1811.
Microsatellite instability in IBD-associated neoplastic lesions is associated with hypermethylation and diminished expression of the DNA mismatch repair gene, hMLH1.
     Fleisher AS, Esteller M, Leytin A, Harpaz N, Rashid A, Xu Y, Liang J, Stine OC, Yin J, Zou T-T, Abraham JM, Kong D, Wilson KT, James SP, Herman JG, Meltzer SJ.
     Cancer Res. 2000; 60:4864-4868.
Analysis of Adenomatous Polyposis Coli promoter hypermethylation in human cancer.
     Esteller, M, Sparks, A, Toyota, M, Sanchez-Cespedes, M, Capella, G, Peinado, MA, Gonzalez, S, Tarafa, G, Sidransky, D, Meltzer, SJ, Baylin, SB, Herman, JG.
     Cancer Res. 2000; 60:4366-4371.
Distinct methylation patterns of two APC gene promoters in normal and cancerous gastric epithelium.
     Tsuchiya T, Tamura G, Sato K, Endoh Y, Sakata K, Jin Z, Motoyama T, Usuba O, Kimura W, Nishizuka S, Yin J, Fleisher AS, Zou T, Kong D, Meltzer SJ.
     Oncogene 2000; 19:3642-6.
E-cadherin gene promoter hypermethylation in primary gastric carcinomas.
     Tamura G, Yin J, Wang S, Fleisher AS, Zou T, Abraham JM, Kong D, Smolinski KN, Wilson KT, James SP, Silverberg SG, Nishizuka S, Motoyama T, Meltzer SJ.
     J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 2000; 92:569-573.
Colon polyps in Beckwith-Wiedmann syndrome: role of imprinted genes.
     Fleisher AS, Meltzer SJ, James SP
     Gastroenterology 2000; 118:637.
The apoptotic regulatory gene, BCL10, is mutated in sporadic mismatch repair deficient colorectal cancers.
     Simms LA, Young J, Wicking C, Meltzer SJ, Jass JR, Leggett BA.
     Cell Death Diff. 2000; 7:236-237.
PTEN1 is frequently mutated in primary endometrial carcinomas.
      Kong D, Suzuki A, Zou TT, Sakurada A, Kemp LW, Wakatsuki S, Yokoyama T, Yamakawa H, Furukawa T, Sato M, Ohuchi N, Sato S, Yin J, Wang S, Abraham JM, Souza RF, Smolinski   KN, Meltzer SJ, Horii A.
      Nat Genet. 1997 Oct;17(2):143-4.
Microsatellite instability in the insulin-like growth factor II receptor gene in gastrointestinal tumours.
     Souza RF, Appel R, Yin J, Wang S, Smolinski KN, Abraham JM, Zou TT, Shi YQ, Lei J, Cottrell J, Cymes K, Biden K, Simms L, Leggett B, Lynch PM, Frazier M, Powell SM, Harpaz N, Sugimura H, Young J, Meltzer SJ.
     Nat Genet. 1996 Nov;14(3):255-7.
Esophagin cDNA cloning and characterization: a tissue-specific member of the small proline-rich protein family that is not expressed in esophageal tumors.
     Abraham JM, Wang S, Suzuki H, Jiang HY, Rosenblum-Vos LS, Yin J, Meltzer SJ.
     Cell Growth Differ. 1996 Jul;7(7):855-60. 
p53 protein expression in ulcerative colitis-associated colorectal dysplasia and carcinoma
     Harpaz N, Peck AL, Yin J, Fiel I, Hontanosas M, Tong TR, Laurin JN, Abraham JM, Greenwald BD, Meltzer SJ.
     Hum Pathol. 1994 Oct;25(10):1069-74.
Microsatellite instability in ulcerative colitis-associated colorectal dysplasias and cancers.
     Suzuki H, Harpaz N, Tarmin L, Yin J, Jiang HY, Bell JD, Hontanosas M, Groisman GM, Abraham JM, Meltzer SJ.
     Cancer Res. 1994 Sep 15;54(18):4841-4.
17p allelic losses in diploid cells of patients with Barrett's esophagus who develop aneuploidy.
     Blount PL, Galipeau PC, Sanchez CA, Neshat K, Levine DS, Yin J, Suzuki H, Abraham JM, Meltzer SJ, Reid BJ.
     Cancer Res. 1994 May 1;54(9):2292-5.
Microsatellite instability occurs frequently in human gastric carcinoma.
     Rhyu MG, Park WS, Meltzer SJ.
     Oncogene. 1994 Jan;9(1):29-32.
p53 point mutations in dysplastic and cancerous ulcerative colitis lesions.
     Yin J, Harpaz N, Tong Y, Huang Y, Laurin J, Greenwald BD, Hontanosas M, Newkirk C, Meltzer SJ.
     Gastroenterology. 1993 Jun;104(6):1633-9.
Clonal ordering of 17p and 5q allelic losses in Barrett dysplasia and adenocarcinoma.
     Blount PL, Meltzer SJ, Yin J, Huang Y, Krasna MJ, Reid BJ.
     Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 Apr 15;90(8):3221-5.
Reduction to homozygosity involving p53 in esophageal cancers demonstrated by the polymerase chain reaction.
     Meltzer SJ, Yin J, Huang Y, McDaniel TK, Newkirk C, Iseri O, Vogelstein B, Resau JH.
     Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Jun 1;88(11):4976-80.
Activation of c-Ki-ras in human gastrointestinal dysplasias determined by direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction products.
     Meltzer SJ, Mane SM, Wood PK, Resau JH, Newkirk C, Terzakis JA, Korelitz BI, Weinstein WM, Needleman SW.
     Cancer Res. 1990 Jun 15;50(12):3627-30.

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