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Primary ovarian carcinomas display multiple methylator phenotypes involving known tumor suppressor genes.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Mar 2001
Strathdee G, Appleton K, Illand M, Millan D W, Sargent J, Paul J, Brown R
Abstract excerpt
Mounting evidence suggests that aberrant methylation of CpG islands is a major pathway leading to the inactivation of tumor suppressor genes and the development of cancer. Recent studies on colorectal and gastric cancer have defined a CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP), which involves the targeting of multiple genes by promoter hypermethylation. To determine the role of methylation in ovarian cancer, we have...
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