Article
Epigenetic alterations in RASSF1A in human aberrant crypt foci.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Jul 2006
Greenspan Emily J, Jablonski Melissa A, Rajan Thiruchandurai V, Levine Joel, Belinsky Glenn S, Rosenberg Daniel W
Abstract excerpt
CpG island methylation (CIM) is an epigenetic mechanism for transcriptional silencing that occurs at various stages of colon tumorigenesis. CIM has been found in serrated adenomas and hyperplastic polyps. There is also evidence for hypermethylation in aberrant crypt foci (ACF) that are found in r...
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