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Interrelationship between microsatellite instability and microRNA in gastrointestinal cancer.
World journal of gastroenterology - 14 Jun 2012
Yamamoto Hiroyuki, Adachi Yasushi, Taniguchi Hiroaki, Kunimoto Hiroaki, Nosho Katsuhiko, Suzuki Hiromu, Shinomura Yasuhisa
Abstract excerpt
There is an increasing understanding of the roles that microsatellite instability (MSI) plays in Lynch syndrome (by mutations) and sporadic (by mainly epigenetic changes) gastrointestinal (GI) and other cancers. Deficient DNA mismatch repair (MMR) results in the strong mutator phenotype known as MSI, which is the hallmark of cancers arising within Lynch syndrome. MSI is characterized by length alterations within...
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