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Targeted p16(Ink4a) epimutation causes tumorigenesis and reduces survival in mice.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Sept 2014
Yu Da-Hai, Waterland Robert A, Zhang Pumin, Schady Deborah, Chen Miao-Hsueh, Guan Yongtao, Gadkari Manasi, Shen Lanlan
Abstract excerpt
Cancer has long been viewed as a genetic disease; however, epigenetic silencing as the result of aberrant promoter DNA methylation is frequently associated with cancer development, suggesting an epigenetic component to the disease. Nonetheless, it has remained unclear whether an epimutation (an aberrant change in epigenetic regulation) can induce tumorigenesis. Here, we exploited a functionally validated...
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