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Imprinted H19 gene expression in embryogenesis and human cancer: the oncofetal connection.
American journal of medical genetics - 6 Mar 2000
Ariel I, de Groot N, Hochberg A
Abstract excerpt
Cancer cells resemble embryonal cells morphologically and share with them characteristics such as reduced differentiation, rapid proliferation rate, and increased motility. Genes expressed in embryogenesis, down-regulated with tissue maturation and reexpressed in cancer, are designated as oncofetal genes, and many of them are used as tumor markers. The H19 gene is an imprinted gene that is expressed from the...
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