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Lysyl oxidase is a tumor suppressor gene inactivated by methylation and loss of heterozygosity in human gastric cancers.
Cancer research - 15 Sept 2004
Kaneda Atsushi, Wakazono Kuniko, Tsukamoto Tetsuya, Watanabe Naoko, Yagi Yukiko, Tatematsu Masae, Kaminishi Michio, Sugimura Takashi, Ushijima Toshikazu
Abstract excerpt
Lysyl oxidase (LOX) and HRAS-like suppressor (HRASLS) are silenced in human gastric cancers and are reported to have growth-suppressive activities in ras-transformed mouse/rat fibroblasts. Here, we analyzed whether or not LOX and HRASLS are tumor suppressor genes in human gastric cancers. Loss of heterozygosity and promoter methylation of LOX were detected in 33% (9 of 27) and 27% (26 of 96) of gastric cancers,...
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