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Three DNA methylation epigenotypes in human colorectal cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jan 2010
Yagi Koichi, Akagi Kiwamu, Hayashi Hiroshi, Nagae Genta, Tsuji Shingo, Isagawa Takayuki, Midorikawa Yutaka, Nishimura Yoji, Sakamoto Hirohiko, Seto Yasuyuki, Aburatani Hiroyuki, Kaneda Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Whereas the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) in colorectal cancer associates with microsatellite instability (MSI)-high and BRAF-mutation(+), the existence of an intermediate-methylation subgroup associated with KRAS-mutation(+) is controversial, and suitable markers for the subgroup have yet to be developed. Our aim is to clarify DNA methylation epigenotypes of colorectal cancer more...
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