Methylation Hot Spots in the 5′ Flanking Region Denote Silencing of the O6-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase Gene

XC Qian, TP Brent - Cancer research, 1997 - AACR
… Harris, LC, Remack, JS, and Brent TP in vitro methylation of … Qian, X., vonWronski, MA,
and Brent, TP Localization of … vonWronski, MA, and Brent, TP Effect of 5-azacytidine on …

Antitumor Activity of Temozolomide Combined with Irinotecan Is Partly Independent of O6-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase and Mismatch Repair Phenotypes …

…, CA Poquette, M Tan, HS Friedman, TP Brent - Clinical Cancer …, 2000 - AACR
The activity of temozolomide combined with irinotecan (CPT-11) was evaluated against
eight independent xenografts (four neuroblastomas,three rhabdomyosarcomas, and one …

Characterization of the promoter region of the human O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase gene

…, K Tano, S Shiota, S Mitra, TP Brent - Nucleic acids …, 1991 - academic.oup.com
O 6 -methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT)is a ubiquitous protein responsible for
repair of O 6 -alkylguanine, a mutagenic, carcinogenic and toxic lesion. To characterize the …

Biochemical correlates of temozolomide sensitivity in pediatric solid tumor xenograft models

…, C Poquette, HS Friedman, PJ Houghton, TP Brent - Clinical Cancer …, 2000 - AACR
The antitumor activity of the methylating agent temozolomide has been evaluated against a
panel of 17 xenografts derived from pediatric solid tumors. Temozolomide was administered …

[HTML][HTML] Hypermethylation of the gene promoter and enhancer region can regulate Fas expression and sensitivity in colon carcinoma

…, SR Howell, L Berczi, L Kopper, TP Brent… - Cell Death & …, 2003 - nature.com
Expression of the cell surface receptor Fas is frequently lost or decreased during tumor
progression in human colon carcinomas. The methylation status of a 583 bp CpG-rich region …

Chromosomal localization of human O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) gene by in situ hybridization

…, S Vermeulen, F Darroudi, MB Valentine, TP Brent… - …, 1992 - academic.oup.com
Recombinant lambda phage DNA containing segments of human O 6 -methylguanine-DNA
transferase gene was employed to localize this gene among the human chromosomes using …

Wild-Type p53 Suppresses Transcription of the Human O6-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase Gene

LC Harris, JS Remack, PJ Houghton, TP Brent - Cancer research, 1996 - AACR
High-level expression of the DNA repair protein O 6 -methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase
(MGMT) correlates with cellular resistance to the chloroethylnitrosourea (CENU) class of …

O 6 -Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase Gene: Epigenetic Silencing and Prognostic Value in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

C Zuo, L Ai, P Ratliff, JY Suen, E Hanna, TP Brent… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2004 - AACR
Background: Alkylating N-nitroso compounds can interact directly with DNA, forming O 6 -alkylguanine,
a DNA adduct proved to be mutagenic and carcinogenic if not sufficiently …

Epigenetic regulation of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase gene expression by histone acetylation and methyl-CpG binding proteins

RP Danam, SR Howell, TP Brent, LC Harris - Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2005 - AACR
… Tom Brent for his support and excellent guidance over the years. Dr. Brent has now retired
after 40 years of research. All of the oligonucleotides were synthesized by the Hartwell Center …

O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase and sensitivity to procarbazine in human brain-tumor xenografts

SC Schold, TP Brent, E von Hofe, HS Friedman… - Journal of …, 1989 - thejns.org
✓ The level of O 6 -alkylguanine-deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) alkyltransferase (AT) was
determined in 15 human brain-tumor xenografts in athymic mice. This enzyme is a primary …