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Classification of Epstein-Barr virus-positive gastric cancers by definition of DNA methylation epigenotypes.
Cancer research - 1 Dec 2011
Matsusaka Keisuke, Kaneda Atsushi, Nagae Genta, Ushiku Tetsuo, Kikuchi Yasuko, Hino Rumi, Uozaki Hiroshi, Seto Yasuyuki, Takada Kenzo, Aburatani Hiroyuki, Fukayama Masashi
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with Burkitt lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, opportunistic lymphomas in immunocompromised hosts, and a fraction of gastric cancers. Aberrant promoter methylation accompanies human gastric carcinogenesis, though the contribution of EBV to such somatic methylation changes has not been fully clarified. We analyzed promoter methylation in gastric cancer cases with Illumina's...
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