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Blood DNA methylation, nevi number, and the risk of melanoma.
Melanoma research - 1 Oct 2014
Pergoli Laura, Favero Chiara, Pfeiffer Ruth M, Tarantini Letizia, Calista Donato, Cavalleri Tommaso, Angelici Laura, Consonni Dario, Bertazzi Pier A, Pesatori Angela C, Landi Maria T, Bollati Valentina
Abstract excerpt
Germline mutations determining increased cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) risk have been identified in familial and sporadic CMM cases, but they account only for a small proportion of CMM cases. Recent evidence suggests that germline epimutations (e.g. DNA methylation alterations), which can be inherited similarly to genomic mutations and can be detected in normal body cells (including blood), might increase...
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