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Reciprocal relationship between methylation status and loss of heterozygosity at the p14(ARF) locus in Australian and South African hepatocellular carcinomas.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Mar 2002
Herath Nirmitha I, Kew Michael C, Walsh Michael D, Young Joanne, Powell Lawrie W, Leggett Barbara A, MacDonald Graeme A
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome 9p21, a locus comprising the tumor suppressor genes (TSG) p16(INK4a) and p14(ARF), is a common region of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). p14(ARF) shares exon 2 with p16 in a different reading frame. p14 binds to MDM2 resulting in a stabilization of functional p53. This study examined the roles of p14, p16 and p53 in hepatocarcinogenesis, in 37 Australian and 24 South...
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