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DNA methylation accumulation and its predetermination of future cancer phenotypes.
Journal of biochemistry - 1 Aug 2014
Kaneda Atsushi, Matsusaka Keisuke, Sakai Eiji, Funata Sayaka
Abstract excerpt
Aberant DNA methylation is a common epigenomic alteration in carcinogenesis. Comprehensive analyses of DNA methylation have stratified gastrointestinal cancer into several subgroups according to specific DNA methylation accumulation. In gastric cancer, Helicobacter pylori infection is a cause of methylation accumulation in apparently normal mucosa. Epstein-Barr virus infection is another methylation inducer that...
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