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p16/INK4a gene methylation is a frequent finding in pulmonary MALT lymphomas at diagnosis.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Sept 2005
Takino Hisashi, Okabe Mitsukuni, Li Chunmei, Ohshima Koichi, Yoshino Tadashi, Nakamura Shigeo, Ueda Ryuzo, Eimoto Tadaaki, Inagaki Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
p16/INK4a gene alterations have been associated with tumor progression in lymphoid malignancies. However, their significance in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is unclear. We investigated p16 gene methylation and mutation in a large series of untreated cases of pulmonary MALT lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBL), and correlated p16 gene alterations with a MALT lymphoma-specific...
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