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Mitochondrial DNA mutations and mitochondrial DNA depletion in gastric cancer.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Sept 2005
Wu Chew-Wun, Yin Pen-Hui, Hung Wen-Yi, Li Anna Fen-Yau, Li Shu-Hui, Chi Chin-Wen, Wei Yau-Huei, Lee Hsin-Chen
Abstract excerpt
Gastric carcinoma is one of the most common types of cancer in Taiwan. Somatic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) alteration in gastric carcinoma and its association with clinicopathologic features remain unclear. When we used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and direct sequencing, 15 of the 31 (48%) gastric carcinomas displayed somatic mutations in the D-loop region, a hot spot for mutations in mtDNA of human cancers. Ten...
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