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A role for SETD2 loss in tumorigenesis through DNA methylation dysregulation
SETD2-dependent H3 Lysine-36 trimethylation (H3K36me3) has been recently linked to the deposition of de-novo DNA methylation. SETD2 is frequently mutated in cancer, however, the functional impact of SETD2 loss and depletion on DNA methylation across cancer types and tumorigenesis is currently unknown. Here, we perform a pan-cancer analysis and show that both SETD2 mutation and reduced expression are associated with DNA methylation dysregulation across 21 out of the 24 cancer types tested. In renal cancer, these DNA methylation changes are associated with altered gene expression of oncogenes, tumour suppressors, and genes involved in neoplasm invasiveness, including TP53, FOXO1, and CDK4. This suggests a new role for SETD2 loss in tumorigenesis and cancer aggressiveness through DNA methylation dysregulation. Moreover, using a robust machine learning methodology, we develop and validate a 3-CpG methylation signature which is sufficient to predict SETD2 mutation status with high accuracy and correlates with patient prognosis
Papers presented at the IEEE 14th Symposium on Fusion Engineering by the Alcator C-MOD engineering staff, Oct. 1991
The contribution of financial entities to the sustainable development through the reporting of corporate social responsibility information
This paper aims at examining the relationship between board composition and corporate
social responsibility (CSR) of a sample of listed financial entities, discussing the driving
reasons of these entities to disclose CSR information. We hypothesize that there is a positive
association between outside (institutional and independent directors) and female directors and
CSR disclosure and a negative relationship between inside directors and CSR reporting. Our
findings provide evidence that the proportions of independent directors and female directors
on boards encourage CSR disclosure. Moreover, the results also show that the proportions of
inside directors and institutional directors on boards do not have influence on CSR reporting.
Thus, our evidence suggests that board attributes such as independent and female directors
encourage financial entities to report CSR matters, showing the effectiveness of these two
corporate governance mechanisms. The paper shed light on the influence of board structure of
financial entities on CSR disclosure. Therefore, this study contributes to past research by
providing an index to measure CSR disclosure of financial entities and the importance of the
distinction between outside and inside directors
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