ABSTRACT DNA hypomethylation is one of the major epigenetic alterations in human cancers. We have previously shown that genes identified as hypomethylated in pancreatic cancer are expressed

in pancreatic cancer cell lines, but not in normal pancreatic ductal epithelium and can be reexpressed in nonexpressing cells using ‘epigenetic modifying agents’ such as DNA

methyltransferase inhibitors. To identify additional targets for aberrant hypomethylation in pancreatic cancer, we used oligonucleotide microarrays to screen for genes that displayed

expression patterns associated with hypomethylation. This analysis identified a substantial number of candidates including previously reported hypomethylated genes. A subset of eight genes

where both genes were methylated. Furthermore, there was an inverse correlation between methylation and mRNA expression level for _maspin_ and _S100P_ in a large panel of pancreatic cancer

cell lines. We also found a significant difference in the methylation patterns of _maspin_ and two previously identified hypomethylated genes (_trefoil factor 2_ and _lipocalin 2_) between

pancreatic and breast cancer cell lines, suggesting cancer-type specificity for some hypomethylation patterns. Thus, our present results confirm that DNA hypomethylation is a frequent

epigenetic event in pancreatic cancer, and suggest that gene expression profiling may help to identify potential targets affected by this epigenetic alteration. Access through your

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