Statistically significantly increased methylation in MM versus non-tumor lung samples was found for estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1; p = 0.0002), solute carrier family 6 member 20 (SLC6A20; p = 0.0022) and spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK; p=0.0003).
Comparison of methylation in MM cell lines and tumors versus non-tumor lung tissue indicated that APC exhibits less methylation in MM (P=0.003) while RASSF1, PGR1, ESR1, and CDH1 show more methylation in MM, the latter two showing the most significant difference between the two tissue types (P< or = 0.0001).