Epigenome-wide methylation and progression to high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2+): a prospective cohort study in the United States.

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Bukowski, Alexandra

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Hoyo, Cathrine

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Vielot, Nadja A

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Graff, Misa

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Kosorok, Michael R

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Brewster, Wendy R

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Maguire, Rachel L

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Murphy, Susan K

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Nedjai, Belinda

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Ladoukakis, Efthymios

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North, Kari E

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Smith, Jennifer S

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2024-03-27T16:31:22Z

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2024-03-27T16:31:22Z

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2023-11

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Background

Methylation levels may be associated with and serve as markers to predict risk of progression of precancerous cervical lesions. We conducted an epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) of CpG methylation and progression to high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2 +) following an abnormal screening test.

Methods

A prospective US cohort of 289 colposcopy patients with normal or CIN1 enrollment histology was assessed. Baseline cervical sample DNA was analyzed using Illumina HumanMethylation 450K (n = 76) or EPIC 850K (n = 213) arrays. Participants returned at provider-recommended intervals and were followed up to 5 years via medical records. We assessed continuous CpG M values for 9 cervical cancer-associated genes and time-to-progression to CIN2+. We estimated CpG-specific time-to-event ratios (TTER) and hazard ratios using adjusted, interval-censored Weibull accelerated failure time models. We also conducted an exploratory EWAS to identify novel CpGs with false discovery rate (FDR) < 0.05.

Results

At enrollment, median age was 29.2 years; 64.0% were high-risk HPV-positive, and 54.3% were non-white. During follow-up (median 24.4 months), 15 participants progressed to CIN2+. Greater methylation levels were associated with a shorter time-to-CIN2+ for CADM1 cg03505501 (TTER = 0.28; 95%CI 0.12, 0.63; FDR = 0.03) and RARB Cluster 1 (TTER = 0.46; 95% CI 0.29, 0.71; FDR = 0.01). There was evidence of similar trends for DAPK1 cg14286732, PAX1 cg07213060, and PAX1 Cluster 1. The EWAS detected 336 novel progression-associated CpGs, including those located in CpG islands associated with genes FGF22, TOX, COL18A1, GPM6A, XAB2, TIMP2, GSPT1, NR4A2, and APBB1IP.

Conclusions

Using prospective time-to-event data, we detected associations between CADM1-, DAPK1-, PAX1-, and RARB-related CpGs and cervical disease progression, and we identified novel progression-associated CpGs.

Impact

Methylation levels at novel CpG sites may help identify individuals with ≤CIN1 histology at higher risk of progression to CIN2+ and inform risk-based cervical cancer screening guidelines.
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10.1186/s12885-023-11518-6

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1471-2407

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1471-2407

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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/30397

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eng

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Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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BMC cancer

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10.1186/s12885-023-11518-6

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

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Humans

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Papillomaviridae

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Papillomavirus Infections

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Prospective Studies

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DNA Methylation

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Adult

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United States

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Uterine Cervical Dysplasia

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Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

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Female

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Early Detection of Cancer

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Cell Adhesion Molecule-1

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Epigenome

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Epigenome-wide methylation and progression to high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2+): a prospective cohort study in the United States.

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Journal article

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Murphy, Susan K|0000-0001-8298-7272

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1072

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1

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Duke

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Nicholas School of the Environment

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School of Medicine

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Clinical Science Departments

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Institutes and Centers

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Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Pathology

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Duke Cancer Institute

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Environmental Sciences and Policy

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Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Sciences

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Published

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23

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