Table 2 Summary of the studies related to LINE-1 methylation in gastric cancer patients.

From: LINE-1 hypomethylation is not a common event in preneoplastic stages of gastric carcinogenesis

First Author

Year

Tissue origin

Tissues

Micro-dissection

Gastric cancer

Paired samples

Healthy controls

Preneoplastic/-cancerous stages

H. pylori status

Methods

LINE-1 in GC

Survival analysis

Ref.

Kupcinskas et al.

2017

Europe (mix)

fresh-frozen

no

80

yes

19

37

yes

PyroSeq

↓ in GC

↔

 

Song et al.

2016

Korea

FFPE

yes

434

no

no

no

no

PyroSeq

 

↓

34

Kim et al.

2016

Korea

FFPE

yes

no

no

no

89

yes

COBRA

↓ in HGIEN

 

40

Kosumi et al.

2015

Japan

FFPE

yes

87

yes

17

20

yes

PyroSeq

↓ in GC

 

41

Yang et al.

2014

Korea

FFPE, fresh-frozen

yes

88/115

no

22

39

yes

PyroSeq

↓ in GC

 

42

Shigaki et al.

2013

Japan

FFPE

yes

203

yes

no

no

no

PyroSeq

↓ in GC

↓

12

Saito et al.

2012

Japan

fresh-frozen

no

101

yes

83

82

yes

qMSP

↓ in GC

 

43

Pavicic et al.

2012

Europe (Finland)

FFPE

yes

58

yes

no

no

no

COBRA MS-MLPA

↓ in GC

 

15

Bae et al.

2012

Korea

FFPE

yes

198/59

no

no

190

yes

PyroSeq

↓ in GC/ adenoma

↓

18

Balassiano et al.

2011

Europe (mix)

FFPE

no

98/20

yes

15

no

no

PyroSeq

↓ in GC

 

44

Lee et al.

2011

Korea

FFPE

yes

53

yes

no

79

yes

COBRA

↓ in GC/ HGIEN

 

20

Yoshida et al.

2011

Japan

fresh-frozen

no

52

no

34

76

yes

PyroSeq

↓ in GC

 

45

Park et al.

2009

Korea

FFPE

yes

59

no

no

143

yes

COBRA

↓ in GC

 

19

  1. qMSP: quantitative MSP (real-time); NA: non-available; FFPE: formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue; PyroSeq: pyrosequencing; GC: gastric cancer; HGIEN: high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia; Ref: references.