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DNA methylation within the normal colorectal mucosa is associated with pathway-specific predisposition to cancer.
Oncogene - 18 Mar 2010
Worthley D L, Whitehall V L J, Buttenshaw R L, Irahara N, Greco S A, Ramsnes I, Mallitt K-A, Le Leu R K, Winter J, Hu Y, Ogino S, Young G P, Leggett B A
Abstract excerpt
There are two major molecular pathways to sporadic colorectal cancer, the chromosomal instability (CIN) and the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) pathways. This study recruited 166 patients undergoing colonoscopy. Biopsy samples were collected from the cecum, transverse colon, sigmoid colon and rectum. DNA methylation was quantified at 'type A' (ESR1, GATA5, HIC1, HPP1, SFRP1) and 'type C' markers (MGMT,...
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