Select Publications
Books
2011, Epigenetics: A Reference Manual, Caister Academic Press, UK, http://www.horizonpress.com/epigenetics
,Book Chapters
2022, 'DNA Methylation Analysis of Circulating DNA Biomarkers', in Cell-Free Circulating DNA: Purification and Analysis Techniques, pp. 247 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789811244681_0009
,2022, 'Target-Specific Profiling of RNA m5C Methylation Level Using Amplicon Sequencing', in Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation, pp. 375 - 392, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1851-6_21
,2016, 'Nucleotide-Level Profiling of m⁵C RNA Methylation.', in Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation, pp. 269 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3067-8_16
,2011, 'Genome-wide DNA Methylation Analysis', in Craig JM; Wong NC (ed.), EPIGENETICS: A REFERENCE MANUAL, CAISTER ACADEMIC PRESS, pp. 371 - 392, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000293148200022&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2011, 'We are what we eat: how nutritional compounds such as isoflavones shape our epigenome', in Niculescu MD; Haggarty P (ed.), Nutrition in Epigenetics, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, pp. 249 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470959824.ch15
,2004, 'Studying mammalian DNA methylation: Bisulfite modification', in DNA Methylation: Approaches, Methods, and Applications, pp. 53 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780203487013
,2003, 'Bisulfite Methylation Analysis of Tumor Suppressor Genes in Prostate Cancer from Fresh and Archival Tissue Samples', in Prostate Cancer Methods and Protocols, Springer Nature, pp. 219 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-372-0:219
,Journal articles
2024, 'Characterisation and reproducibility of the HumanMethylationEPIC v2.0 BeadChip for DNA methylation profiling', BMC Genomics, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10027-5
,2024, 'Machine learning enables pan-cancer identification of mutational hotspots at persistent CTCF binding sites', Nucleic Acids Research, 52, pp. 8086 - 8099, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae530
,2024, 'Detailed DNA methylation characterisation of phyllodes tumours identifies a signature of malignancy and distinguishes phyllodes from metaplastic breast carcinoma', Journal of Pathology, 262, pp. 480 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/path.6250
,2024, 'The potential of epigenetic therapy to target the 3D epigenome in endocrine-resistant breast cancer', Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 31, pp. 498 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41594-023-01181-7
,2024, 'Investigating the prognostic utility of GSTP1 promoter methylation in prostate cancer', BJUI Compass, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bco2.445
,2024, 'Irreversible electroporation of localised prostate cancer downregulates immune suppression and induces systemic anti-tumour T-cell activation – IRE-IMMUNO study', BJU International, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bju.16496
,2024, 'Detailed DNA methylation characterisation of phyllodes tumours identifies a signature of malignancy and distinguishes phyllodes from metaplastic breast carcinoma', Pathology, 56, pp. S70 - S71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2023.12.241
,2023, 'A first-in-class pan-lysyl oxidase inhibitor impairs stromal remodeling and enhances gemcitabine response and survival in pancreatic cancer', Nature Cancer, 4, pp. 1326 - 1344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43018-023-00614-y
,2023, 'GUIDE: A randomized non-comparative phase II trial of biomarker-driven intermittent docetaxel versus standard-of-care docetaxel in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (ANZUP 1903).', Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41, pp. TPS5099 - TPS5099, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2023.41.16_suppl.tps5099
,2022, 'Comprehensive methylome sequencing reveals prognostic epigenetic biomarkers for prostate cancer mortality', CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.1030
,2022, 'Erratum: The H2A.Z-nucleosome code in mammals: emerging functions (Trends in Genetics (2022) 38(3) (273–289), (S0168952521002870), (10.1016/j.tig.2021.10.003)): (Trends in Genetics, 38:3 p:273–289, 2022)', Trends in Genetics, 38, pp. 516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2022.02.004
,2022, 'Early Insights into Cancer Epigenetics: Gene Promoter Hypermethylation Emerges as a Potential Biomarker for Cancer Detection', Cancer Research, 82, pp. 1461 - 1463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-22-0657
,2022, 'GUIDE: a randomised non-comparative phase II trial of biomarker-driven intermittent docetaxel versus standard-of-care docetaxel in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (clinical trial protocol)', Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17588359221092486
,2022, 'The H2A.Z-nuclesome code in mammals: emerging functions', Trends in Genetics, 38, pp. 273 - 289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2021.10.003
,2022, 'Epigenetic Therapies and Biomarkers in Breast Cancer', Cancers, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers14030474
,2021, 'BRG1 knockdown inhibits proliferation through multiple cellular pathways in prostate cancer', Clinical Epigenetics, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13148-021-01023-7
,2021, 'Identification of DNA methylation biomarkers with potential to predict response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer', Clinical Epigenetics, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13148-021-01210-6
,2021, 'Calling differentially methylated regions from whole genome bisulphite sequencing with DMRcate', Nucleic Acids Research, 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab637
,2021, 'Mapping genomic and epigenomic evolution in cancer ecosystems', Science, 373, pp. 1474 - 1479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abh1645
,2021, 'DNA methylation is required to maintain both DNA replication timing precision and 3D genome organization integrity', Cell Reports, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109722
,2021, 'MethPanel: a parallel pipeline and interactive analysis tool for multiplex bisulphite PCR sequencing to assess DNA methylation biomarker panels for disease detection', Bioinformatics, 37, pp. 2198 - 2200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa1060
,2021, 'Epigenetic changes during tumour development – functional epigenetics study', Pathology, 53, pp. S10 - S11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2021.05.040
,2021, 'Epigenetic therapy targets the 3D epigenome in endocrine-resistant breast cancer', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.21.449340
,2020, 'Constitutively bound CTCF sites maintain 3D chromatin architecture and long-range epigenetically regulated domains', Nature Communications, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13753-7
,2020, 'Epigenetic reprogramming at estrogen-receptor binding sites alters 3D chromatin landscape in endocrine-resistant breast cancer', Nature Communications, 11, pp. 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14098-x
,2020, 'Widespread aberrant alternative splicing despite molecular remission in chronic myeloid leukaemia patients', Cancers, 12, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12123738
,2020, 'Advances in Prognostic Methylation Biomarkers for Prostate Cancer', , http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202010.0154.v1
,2020, 'Advances in prognostic methylation biomarkers for prostate cancer', Cancers, 12, pp. 1 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12102993
,2020, 'Benchmark study comparing liftover tools for genome conversion of epigenome sequencing data', NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nargab/lqaa054
,2020, 'Transient exposure to miR-203 enhances the differentiation capacity of established pluripotent stem cells', EMBO Journal, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embj.2019104324
,2020, 'Macrophage development and activation involve coordinated intron retention in key inflammatory regulators', Nucleic Acids Research, 48, pp. 6513 - 6529, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa435
,2020, 'BRG1 promotes transcriptional patterns that are permissive to proliferation in cancer cells', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.03.187385
,2020, 'Comprehensive evaluation of targeted multiplex bisulphite PCR sequencing for validation of DNA methylation biomarker panels', Clinical Epigenetics, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13148-020-00880-y
,2020, 'Multiple links between 5-methylcytosine content of mRNA and translation', BMC Biology, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00769-5
,2020, 'Alterations in the methylome of the stromal tumour microenvironment signal the presence and severity of prostate cancer', Clinical Epigenetics, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13148-020-00836-2
,2020, 'ELF5 modulates the estrogen receptor cistrome in breast cancer', PLoS Genetics, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008531
,2020, 'Epigenetic changes during tumour development – Functional epigenetics study', Pathology, 52, pp. S29 - S29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2020.01.121
,2019, 'Methylome and transcriptome maps of human visceral and subcutaneous adipocytes reveal key epigenetic differences at developmental genes', Scientific Reports, 9, pp. 9511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45777-w
,2019, 'Monozygotic twins and triplets discordant for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis display differential methylation and gene expression', Scientific Reports, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44765-4
,2019, 'Replication timing and epigenome remodelling are associated with the nature of chromosomal rearrangements in cancer', Nature Communications, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08302-1
,2019, 'A Read/Write Mechanism Connects p300 Bromodomain Function to H2A.Z Acetylation', iScience, 21, pp. 773 - 788, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2019.10.053
,2019, 'Serum Free Methylated Glutathione S-transferase 1 DNA Levels, Survival, and Response to Docetaxel in Metastatic, Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer: Post Hoc Analyses of Data from a Phase 3 Trial', European Urology, 76, pp. 306 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2018.11.001
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