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Epigenetic instability and chromosomal instability in hepatocellular carcinoma.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Apr 2006
Katoh Hiroto, Shibata Tatsuhiro, Kokubu Akiko, Ojima Hidenori, Fukayama Masashi, Kanai Yae, Hirohashi Setsuo
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The aim of this study was to clarify the association between the epigenetic instability phenotype and the chromosomal instability phenotype in primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Sixty primary HCC tumors were examined. Methylation status for nine CpG islands (the p16, COX2, GSTP1, RASSF1A, E-cadherin, and APC gene promoters, and the MINT 1, 25, and 31 clones) was evaluated by methylation-specific polymerase...
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