Article
Effect of polymorphisms of IL-17A, -17F and MIF genes on CpG island hyper-methylation (CIHM) in the human gastric mucosa.
International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Oct 2009
Tahara Tomomitsu, Shibata Tomoyuki, Nakamura Masakatsu, Yamashita Hiromi, Yoshioka Daisuke, Okubo Masaaki, Yonemura Joh, Maeda Yoshiteru, Maruyama Naoko, Kamano Toshiaki, Kamiya Yoshio, Fujita Hiroshi, Nakagawa Yoshihito, Nagasaka Mitsuo, Iwata Masami, Hirata Ichiro, Arisawa Tomiyasu
Abstract excerpt
CpG island hyper-methylation (CIHM) is one of the major events in the gastric carcinogenesis and also occurs in non-neoplastic gastric mucosa. IL-17A, -17F and MIF have a crucial role in the gastric inflammation and carcinogenesis. The CIHM status in the non-cancerous gastric mucosa, in relation to IL-17A (-197G>A, rs2275913), -17F (7488T>C, rs763780) and MIF (-173G>C and -794 tetranucleotide repeats)...
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