Table 1 Summary of Clinicopathological Factors and Methylation in Clinical Cancers

From: Epigenetic Regulation of Androgen Receptor Gene Expression in Human Prostate Cancers

Sample No.

Age

Clinical stage

Gleason score

AR expression

AR methylation

     

Region 1

Region 2

Region 3

Primary prostate cancers

 #P1

61

C

7

H

U

U

U

 #P2

77

B2

5

N

M

M

M

 #P3

75

C

5

H

M

M

M

 #P4

60

C

9

H

U

U

U

 #P5

60

B1

9

H

U

U

U

 #P6

66

B1

7

H

U

U

U

 #P7

62

B1

3

H

U

U

U

 #P8

55

B1

9

H

M

U

U

 #P9

61

B1

8

H

M

U

U

 #P10

64

C

9

H

U

U

U

Hormone-refractory tumors

 #R1

84

D2

9

ND

U

U

U

 #R2

66

D2

8

ND

M

M

M

 #R3

65

D2

8

ND

U

U

U

 #R4

68

D2

7

ND

M

M

M

 #R5

79

D2

9

ND

U

U

U

 #R6

78

D2

9

ND

U

U

U

 #R7

69

D2

9

ND

U

U

U

 #R8

67

D2

7

ND

U

U

U

 #R9

71

D2

9

ND

U

U

U

 #R10

75

D2

7

ND

U

U

U

 #R11

80

D2

9

ND

M

M

M

 #R12

89

D2

8

ND

M

M

M

 #R13

81

D2

9

ND

U

U

U

 #R14

79

D2

8

ND

U

U

U

  1. M, methylated; U, unmethylated; H, heterogeneous expression; N, no expression; AR, androgen receptor; ND, not determined.