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Assessment of three epigenotypes in colorectal cancer by combined bisulfite restriction analysis.
Molecular carcinogenesis - 1 Dec 2012
Karpinski Pawel, Szmida Elzbieta, Misiak Blazej, Ramsey David, Leszczynski Przemyslaw, Bebenek Marek, Sedziak Tomasz, Grzebieniak Zygmunt, Jonkisz Anna, Lebioda Arleta, Sasiadek Maria M
Abstract excerpt
Recent investigations have demonstrated the clear heterogeneity of sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC) with regard to CpG island methylation. Two unsupervised cluster analyses revealed that CRCs form three distinct DNA methylation subsets, which are referred to as the high-, intermediate-, and low-methylation epigenotypes (HME, IME, and LME, respectively). A recent study by Yagi et al. found a fairly sensitive and...
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