Research Article

Differentially Methylated Loci Distinguish Ovarian Carcinoma Histological Types: Evaluation of a DNA Methylation Assay in FFPE Tissue

Table 3

Median β-values at selected genesa in 543 serous ovarian carcinomas from The Cancer Genome Atlas.

Target genebChrCoordinate, bpCpG locus IDDistance to TSS, bpcLocation in promoter CGIdβ-value(Min., max.)

ERG2138955504cg0312733416Yes0.130.02, 0.88
ERG2138955762cg1727406427No0.110.02, 0.70
ISL1550714208cg2141099181Yes0.240.02, 0.91
ISL1550715118cg268967629Yes0.070.02, 0.76
LY6G6Ee6
MST1R349915857cg0868716321Yes0.740.20, 0.97
MST1R349916155cg033322718Yes0.200.02, 0.91
NRG1832524969cg1916215832Yes0.010.003, 0.72
NRG1832525393cg174575609Yes0.040.01, 0.76
THBS26169395886cg2165295817Yes0.070.02, 0.81
THBS26169396617cg2173238355No0.140.02, 0.93

Genes found to be differentially methylated in the current study.
Annotation according to the Illumina Infinium Human DNA Methylation 27 assay.
Distance in bp of CpG locus to transcription start site.
CpG Island.
β-values not available in Illumina Infinium Human Methylation 27 K chip.