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Methylation of the promoter of human leukocyte antigen class I in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and its histopathological characteristics.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 1 Mar 2011
Qifeng Sun, Bo Cong, Xingtao Jiang, Chuanliang Peng, Xiaogang Zhao
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OBJECTIVE: The downregulation of human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) has been proposed to contribute to the immune evasion of cancer cells in some cancers. Meanwhile, transcriptional silencing by means of promoter methylation is now believed to be an important mechanism of carcinogenesis. The aim of this study was (1) to examine the expression of HLA-I antigen and the antigen-processing machinery components...
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