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Epigenetic alterations in colorectal cancer: the CpG island methylator phenotype.
Histology and histopathology - 1 May 2013
Bae Jeong Mo, Kim Jung Ho, Kang Gyeong Hoon
Abstract excerpt
DNA methylation is one of the key mechanisms of epigenetic modification, and genome-wide hypomethylation and CpG island hypermethylation are characteristics of cancer cells. The CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) is a distinctive subtype of colorectal cancers (CRCs) that show concordant hypermethylation of numerous promoter CpG island loci. CIMP-positive CRCs are associated with a proximal location in the...
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