Altered imprinting, promoter usage, and expression of insulin-like growth factor-II gene in gestational trophoblastic diseases.

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OBJECTIVE: We aimed to understand the involvement of imprinted genes in the pathogenesis of gestational trophoblastic diseases (GTD) such as hydatidiform mole (H-mole) and gestational trophoblastic tumors (GTT). METHODS: An allelic-typing assay was performed using a PCR-RFLP-based method for identification of heterozygous informative cases. The usage of insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF2) promoters was examined...

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