Table 1

Percentage of methylated CpG in various normal and tumor cell lines. Sequence analysis was performed after bisulfite treatment.

Cells
Tumor type
meth CpG

CCL-75
Fibroblast
5%
NHBE
Normal
6.3%
SAEC
Normal
4.5%
A460
Large cell
7.9%
H838
Adenocarcinoma
8.2%
H1703
Squamous cell
6.6%
A549
Adenocarcinoma
5.1%
MS1
Mesothelioma
2.2%
H290
Mesothelioma
4%
MCF-7
Breast cancer
1.6%
BT474
Breast cancer
2%

Mazières et al. BMC Cancer 2007 7:220   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-7-220