Significance
These findings identify hypomethylation-mediated activation of PLCE1 as a potential oncogene that blocks cellular autophagy of esophageal carcinoma by facilitating the MDM2-dependent ubiquitination of p53 and subsequent degradation. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/canres/80/11/2175/F1.large.jpg.
