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Methylation mediated silencing of MicroRNA-1 gene and its role in hepatocellular carcinogenesis.
Cancer research - 1 Jul 2008
Datta Jharna, Kutay Huban, Nasser Mohd W, Nuovo Gerard J, Wang Bo, Majumder Sarmila, Liu Chang-Gong, Volinia Stefano, Croce Carlo M, Schmittgen Thomas D, Ghoshal Kalpana, Jacob Samson T
Abstract excerpt
MicroRNAs (miR) are a class of small ( approximately 21 nucleotide) noncoding RNAs that, in general, negatively regulate gene expression. Some miRs harboring CGIs undergo methylation-mediated silencing, a characteristic of many tumor suppressor genes. To identify such miRs in liver cancer, the miRNA expression profile was analyzed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines treated with 5-azacytidine (DNA...
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