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DNA methylation of multiple genes in gastric carcinoma: association with histological type and CpG island methylator phenotype.
Cancer science - 1 Oct 2003
Oue Naohide, Oshimo Yasuhiro, Nakayama Hirofumi, Ito Reiko, Yoshida Kazuhiro, Matsusaki Keisuke, Yasui Wataru
Abstract excerpt
Hypermethylation of CpG islands is associated with silencing of various tumor suppressor genes. Recent studies on colorectal and gastric cancer have identified a CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP), which involves the targeting of multiple genes by promoter hypermethylation. For determination of association between DNA methylation pattern or histological type and CIMP status in gastric carcinoma, CpG islands...
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