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Effect of age on the association between p16CDKN2A methylation and DNMT3B polymorphism in head and neck carcinoma and patient survival.
International journal of oncology - 1 Jul 2010
Farias Lucyana Conceição, Fraga Carlos Alberto De Carvalho, De Oliveira Marcos Vinícius Macedo, Silva Thiago Fonseca, Marques-Silva Luciano, Moreira Paula Rocha, De-Paula Alfredo Maurício Batista, Gomez Ricardo Santiago, Guimarães André Luiz Sena
Abstract excerpt
De novo DNA methylation is a relevant epigenetic mechanism, which represses gene transcription and commonly inactivates tumor suppressor genes in carcinogenesis. A single nucleotide polymorphism of DNMT3B, C46359T (-149C-->T) was reported to modulate individual's susceptibility to cancer. We investigated the role of this polymorphic variant regarding the methylation status of the p16CDKN2A gene in young and older...
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