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A functional polymorphism in the DNA methyltransferase-3A promoter modifies the susceptibility in gastric cancer but not in esophageal carcinoma.
BMC medicine - 3 Feb 2010
Fan Hong, Liu Dongsheng, Qiu Xuemei, Qiao Fengchang, Wu Qingxiang, Su Xianwei, Zhang Feng, Song Yunwei, Zhao Zhujiang, Xie Wei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: DNA-methyltransferase (DNMT)-3A plays an important role in the development of embryogenesis and the generation of aberrant methylation in carcinogenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of a DNMT3A promoter genetic variant on its transcriptional activity and to evaluate the association between DNMT3A gene polymorphism and the susceptibility to gastric cancer (GC) and oesophagus...
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