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Hypermethylation of TFPI2 correlates with cervical cancer incidence in the Uygur and Han populations of Xinjiang, China.
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology - 1 Jan 2015
Dong Yuling, Tan Qiufen, Tao Lin, Pan Xiaolin, Pang Lijuan, Liang Weihua, Liu Wei, Zhang Wenjie, Li Feng, Jia Wei
Abstract excerpt
Tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 (TFPI2) is a Kunitz-type serine proteinase inhibitor, which plays an important role in the etiology of human malignancies. DNA methylation is a common epigenetic modification of the genome that is involved in regulating many cellular processes. In addition to human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, DNA methylation may play a role in the carcinogenesis of cervical cancer....
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