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Methylation of the hMLH1 promoter in familial gastric cancer with microsatellite instability.
International journal of cancer - 1 Jan 2000
Yanagisawa Y, Akiyama Y, Iida S, Ito E, Nomizu T, Sugihara K, Yuasa Y, Maruyama K
Abstract excerpt
Microsatellite instability (MSI), which is recognized as an important mechanism in tumorigenesis, has been reported in familial gastric cancers (FGC). However, genetic defects responsible for this phenotype, that is, mutations in mismatch-repair genes such as hMLH1 and hMSH2, have not been detected in most FGC cases. Earlier studies have shown that the promoter region of the hMLH1 gene was methylated in some...
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