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CpG island methylation in aberrant crypt foci of the colorectum.
The American journal of pathology - 1 May 2002
Chan Annie On-On, Broaddus Russell R, Houlihan Patrick S, Issa Jean-Pierre J, Hamilton Stanley R, Rashid Asif
Abstract excerpt
Aberrant crypt foci (ACF) are postulated to be the earliest precursor lesion in colorectal carcinogenesis, and CpG island methylation has been described as an important molecular pathway. We therefore studied methylation in ACF from patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) or sporadic colorectal cancer. We assessed methylation status of the p16 tumor suppressor gene, MINT1 (methylated in tumor 1),...
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