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Poorly differentiated synovial sarcoma is associated with high expression of enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2)
30 Oct 2012
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2) is a polycomb group (PcG) family protein. Acting as a histone methyltransferase it plays crucial roles in maintaining epigenetic stem cell signature, while its deregulation leads to tumor development. EZH2 overexpression is commonly associated with poor prognosis in a variety of tumor types including carcinomas, lymphomas and soft tissue sarcomas. However, although...
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