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Two-stage case-control study of DNMT-1 and DNMT-3B gene variants and breast cancer risk.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jun 2010
Ye Chuanzhong, Beeghly-Fadiel Alicia, Lu Wei, Long Jirong, Shu Xiao Ou, Gao Yu-Tang, Zheng Wei, Cai Qiuyin
Abstract excerpt
Aberrant DNA methylation of CpG islands is a common epigenetic alteration found in cancers. DNA methylation is typically mediated by DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs). Only two studies have evaluated DNMT-1 and/or DNMT-3B gene polymorphisms in relation to breast cancer risk, and results have been in...
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