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Loss of imprinting of insulin-like growth factor 2 is associated with increased risk of lymph node metastasis and gastric corpus cancer.
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR - 9 Sept 2009
Lu Yang, Lu Ping, Zhu Zhi, Xu Huimian, Zhu Xike
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BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the clinicopathological features of gastric cancers with loss of imprinting (LOI) of LIT1. Insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) and H19 in Chinese patients. METHODS: DNA and RNA from tumours were amplified and then digested with RsaI, ApaI and HinfI, and RsaI respectively to determine the LOI status. The demographic and clinicopathological characteristics in LOI...
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