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Monoallelic up-regulation of the imprinted H19 gene in airway epithelium of phenotypically normal cigarette smokers.
Cancer research - 1 Apr 2003
Kaplan Rana, Luettich Karsta, Heguy Adriana, Hackett Neil R, Harvey Ben-Gary, Crystal Ronald G
Abstract excerpt
H19, a paternally imprinted gene, is postulated to have regulatory functions in normal development and oncogenesis. Loss of imprinting (LOI) of H19 is observed in human malignancies, including lung cancer. Microarray assessment of gene expression patterns in airway epithelium of healthy 20 pack-year smokers versus nonsmokers revealed that smokers have dramatically elevated H19 RNA levels without alteration of...
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