DAPK1 and cervical carcinoma: Notably, all eight genes that were frequently methylated in the HPV-transfected cell lines and cervical cancer cell lines (i.e. TP73, ESR1, RARβ, DAPK1, MGMT, CADM1, CDH13 and CHFR) overlapped with those found to be methylated in the cervical carcinoma specimens.