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Epigenetic-genetic interactions in the APC/WNT, RAS/RAF, and P53 pathways in colorectal carcinoma.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 May 2008
Suehiro Yutaka, Wong Chi Wai, Chirieac Lucian R, Kondo Yutaka, Shen Lanlan, Webb C Renee, Chan Yee Wai, Chan Annie S Y, Chan Tsun Leung, Wu Tsung-Teh, Rashid Asif, Hamanaka Yuichiro, Hinoda Yuji, Shannon Rhonda L, Wang Xuemei, Morris Jeffrey, Issa Jean-Pierre J, Yuen Siu Tsan, Leung Suet Yi, Hamilton Stanley R
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Early events in colorectal tumorigenesis include mutation of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene and epigenetic hypermethylation with transcriptional silencing of the O(6)-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT), human mut L homologue 1 (hMLH1), and P16/CDKN2A genes. Epigenetic alterations affect genetic events: Loss of MGMT via hypermethylation reportedly predisposes to guanine-to-adenine or...
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