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DNA methylation at hepatitis B viral integrants is associated with methylation at flanking human genomic sequences.
Genome research - 1 Mar 2015
Watanabe Yoshiyuki, Yamamoto Hiroyuki, Oikawa Ritsuko, Toyota Minoru, Yamamoto Masakazu, Kokudo Norihiro, Tanaka Shinji, Arii Shigeki, Yotsuyanagi Hiroshi, Koike Kazuhiko, Itoh Fumio
Abstract excerpt
Integration of DNA viruses into the human genome plays an important role in various types of tumors, including hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the molecular details and clinical impact of HBV integration on either human or HBV epigenomes are unknown. Here, we show that methylation of the integrated HBV DNA is related to the methylation status of the flanking human genome. We...
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