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Loss of imprinting and allelic switching at the DLK1-MEG3 locus in human hepatocellular carcinoma.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Anwar Sumadi Lukman, Krech Till, Hasemeier Britta, Schipper Elisa, Schweitzer Nora, Vogel Arndt, Kreipe Hans, Lehmann Ulrich
Abstract excerpt
Deregulation of imprinted genes is an important molecular mechanism contributing to the development of cancer in humans. However, knowledge about imprinting defects in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the third leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide, is still limited. Therefore, a systematic meta-analysis of the expression of 223 imprinted loci in human HCC was initiated. This screen revealed that the...
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