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Comprehensive DNA Methylation Profiling of Inflammatory Mucosa in Ulcerative Colitis.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Jan 2017
Tahara Tomomitsu, Hirata Ichiro, Nakano Naoko, Nagasaka Mitsuo, Nakagawa Yoshihito, Shibata Tomoyuki, Ohmiya Naoki
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INTRODUCTION: Aberrant DNA methylation frequently occurs in the inflammatory mucosa in ulcerative colitis (UC) and is involved in UC-related tumorigenesis. We performed comprehensive DNA methylation profiling of the promoter regions of the inflamed rectal mucosae of patients with UC. DESIGN: The methylation status of the promoter CpG islands (CGIs) of 45 cancer/inflammation or age-related candidate genes and the...
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