Article
CpG island methylator phenotype associates with low-degree chromosomal abnormalities in colorectal cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Oct 2008
Cheng Yu-Wei, Pincas Hanna, Bacolod Manny D, Schemmann Gunter, Giardina Sarah F, Huang Jianmin, Barral Sandra, Idrees Kamran, Khan Sajid A, Zeng Zhaoshi, Rosenberg Shoshana, Notterman Daniel A, Ott Jurg, Paty Philip, Barany Francis
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Aberrant promoter methylation and genomic instability occur frequently during colorectal cancer development. CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) has been shown to associate with microsatellite instability, and BRAF mutation and is often found in the right-side colon. Nevertheless, the relative importance of CIMP and chromosomal instability (CIN) for tumorigenesis has yet to be thoroughly investigated...
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