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The calcium-sensing receptor is silenced by genetic and epigenetic mechanisms in unfavorable neuroblastomas and its reactivation induces ERK1/2-dependent apoptosis
29 Oct 2012
Abstract excerpt
Neuroblastic tumors (NTs) include the neuroblastomas, ganglioneuroblastomas and ganglioneuromas. We have reported previously that the calcium-sensing receptor is expressed in differentiated, favorable NTs but almost undetectable in unfavorable neuroblastomas. We have now detected hypermethylation of a particular region within the CpG island encompassing the CaSR gene promoter 2 in neuroblastoma cell lines and 25%...
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