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Aberrant promoter methylation and silencing of the RASSF1A gene in pediatric tumors and cell lines.
Oncogene - 20 Jun 2002
Harada Kenichi, Toyooka Shinichi, Maitra Anirban, Maruyama Riichiroh, Toyooka Kiyomi O, Timmons Charles F, Tomlinson Gail E, Mastrangelo Domenico, Hay Robert J, Minna John D, Gazdar Adi F
Abstract excerpt
Aberrant promoter methylation of tumor suppressor genes has not been fully investigated in pediatric tumors. Therefore, we examined the methylation status of nine genes (p16(INK4A), MGMT, GSTP1, RASSF1A, APC, DAPK, RARbeta, CDH1 and CDH13) in 175 primary pediatric tumors and 23 tumor cell lines using methylation-specific PCR. We studied the major forms of pediatric tumors--Wilms' tumor, neuroblastoma,...
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