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@ARTICLE{Craddock:305205,
author = {J. Craddock and P. Lutsik$^*$ and P. X. Y. Soh and M. Louw
and M. M. Hasan and S. M. Patrick and S. B. A. Mutambirwa
and P. D. Stricker and H. E. A. Förtsch and M. S. R.
Bornman and C. Gerhäuser$^*$ and V. M. Hayes},
collaboration = {H. P. Africa1K},
othercontributors = {G. S. Prins and P. M. Ngugi and W. Jaratlerdsiri and W. M.
Ombuki and D. M. Moreira and I. C. Madueke and M. T. Lebelo
and T. M. N. Mbeki and M. Obida and M. Obida and R. A.
Campbell and M. B. Radzuma and G. Stellmacher and J.
Gamxamub and R. M. J. Menoe and J. Jiang and T. Gong and K.
Uthayopas and K. Gheybi and R. Huang and K. Zhou and U.
Maendo and M. Loda and G. N. Fanelli and D. C. Wedge and A.
Tapinos and V. Holmes and R. G. Bristow and D. S. Brewer and
A. Gihawi and C. S. Cooper and R. A. Eeles and Z. Kote-Jarai
and M. Argos and I. Barnhoorn and L. Birch and M. E. Nyaga
and M. O. Oyaro and J. Shirinde and D. I. Walker and E. O.
O. Walong and G. S. Wanjiku and M. Quaid},
title = {{M}ethylation reprogramming associated with aggressive
prostate cancer and ancestral disparities.},
journal = {Molecular systems biology},
volume = {21},
number = {12},
issn = {1744-4292},
address = {[London]},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group UK},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-02053},
pages = {1676-1701},
year = {2025},
note = {2025 Dec;21(12):1676-1701},
abstract = {African men are disproportionately impacted by aggressive
prostate cancer (PCa). The key to this disparity is both
genetic and environmental factors, alluding to epigenetic
modifications. However, African-inclusive prostate tumour
DNA methylation studies are lacking. Assembling a
multi-geo-ancestral prostate tissue cohort, including men
with (57 African, 48 European, 23 Asian) or without (65
African) PCa, we interrogate for genome-wide differential
methylation. Overall, methylation appears to be driven by
ancestry over geography (152 southern Africa, 41 Australia).
African tumours show substantial heterogeneity, with
universal hypermethylation indicating more pervasive
epigenetic silencing, encompassing PCa suppressor genes and
enhancer-targeted binding motifs. Conversely, African
tumour-associated heterochromatic hypomethylation suggests
chromatin relaxation and developmental pathway activation
via enhancer targets. Notably, non-prostate lineage elements
appeared preferentially exploited in African tumorigenesis,
with ancestry potentially influencing the extent of
lineage-inappropriate activation, and tumour progression
marked by repression of developmental regulators. Together,
these findings point to extensive epigenetic plasticity in
African tumours, with intergenic regulatory remodelling
promoting genomic instability, metastatic potential and
aggressive disease phenotypes.},
keywords = {African Ancestry (Other) / Differential Methylation (Other)
/ Health Disparity (Other) / Prostate Tumours (Other)},
cin = {B370},
ddc = {570},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)B370-20160331},
pnm = {312 - Funktionelle und strukturelle Genomforschung
(POF4-312)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-312},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:41057544},
doi = {10.1038/s44320-025-00153-x},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/305205},
}