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Evidence that active demethylation mechanisms maintain the genome of carcinoma in situ cells hypomethylated in the adult testis
28 Nov 2013
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Developmental arrest of fetal germ cells may lead to neoplastic transformation and formation of germ cell tumours via carcinoma in situ (CIS) cells. Normal fetal germ cell development requires complete erasure and re-establishment of DNA methylation. In contrast to normal spermatogonia, the genome of CIS cells remains unmethylated in the adult testis. We here investigated the possible active and...
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