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Carcinoma in situ testis displays permissive chromatin modifications similar to immature foetal germ cells
7 Sept 2010
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BACKGROUND: The majority of testicular germ cell cancers develop through a pre-invasive carcinoma in situ (CIS) stage. The CIS cell is a neoplastic counterpart of foetal germ cells. During their development, foetal germ cells undergo extensive and essential epigenetic modifications, but little is known about epigenetic patterns in CIS cells. METHODS: Immunohistochemistry was used to investigate epigenetic...
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