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Alu and Satα hypomethylation in <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>‐infected gastric mucosae
6 Jul 2010
Abstract excerpt
Global hypomethylation and regional hypermethylation are supposed to be hallmarks of cancer cells. During gastric carcinogenesis, in which Helicobacter pylori infection is causally involved, aberrant hypermethylation is already present in H. pylori-infected gastric mucosae. In contrast, little is known about global hypomethylation, which can be caused by hypomethylation of individual repetitive elements and other...
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