Research Article

Genomic, Epigenomic, and Transcriptomic Profiling towards Identifying Omics Features and Specific Biomarkers That Distinguish Uterine Leiomyosarcoma and Leiomyoma at Molecular Levels

Table 2

Numbers of differentially methylated CpG sites in LM and LMS compared to normal metrium (NM) tissues.

Feature# of CpG probesLeiomyoma (LM)Leiomyosarcoma (LMS)
Hypermethylated ()Hypomethylated ()Hypermethylated ()Hypomethylated ()

Gene feature groups
Intergenic115,382 4,910 (4.3%)2,776 (2.4%)4,533 (3.9%)33,513 (29.0%)
TSS150067,542 1,841 (2.7%)1,059 (1.6%)1,614 (2.4%)9,741 (14.4%)
TSS20050,513 877 (1.7%)415 (0.8%)1,043 (2.1%)3,625 (7.2%)
5′UTR and 1st exon63,745 1,504 (2.4%)913 (1.4%)2,025 (3.2%)6,383 (10.0%)
Gene body157,160 4,539 (2.9%)3,894 (2.5%)7,072 (4.5%)24,809 (15.8%)
3′UTR17,170 382 (2.2%)453 (2.6%)750 (4.4%)2,478 (14.4%)
Total471,512 14,053 (3.0%)9,510 (2.0%)17,037 (3.6%)80,549 (17.1%)

Relation to CGI
CGI145,443 3,848 (2.6%)884 (0.6%)6,541 (4.5%)6,612 (4.5%)
Shore and shelf156,254 5,230 (3.3%)2,960 (1.9%)6,180 (4.0%)26,231 (16.8%)
Open sea169,815 4,975 (2.9%)5,666 (3.3%)4,316 (2.5%)47,706 (28.1%)
Total471,512 14,053 (3.0%)9,510 (2.0%)17,037 (3.6%)80,549 (17.1%)

Outside of island, shore, and shelf.
of LM: average of the β values of three LM samples − average of the β values of three NM samples.
of LMS: average of the β values of three LMS samples − average of the β values of three NM samples.