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Epigenetic silencing of multiple interferon pathway genes after cellular immortalization.
Oncogene - 26 Jun 2003
Kulaeva Olga I, Draghici Sorin, Tang Lin, Kraniak Janice M, Land Susan J, Tainsky Michael A
Abstract excerpt
Abrogating cellular senescence is a necessary step in the formation of a cancer cell. Promoter hypermethylation is an epigenetic mechanism of gene regulation known to silence gene expression in carcinogenesis. Treatment of spontaneously immortal Li-Fraumeni fibroblasts with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5AZA-dC), an inhibitor of DNA methyltransferase (DNMT), induces a senescence-like state. We used microarrays...
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