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Mismatch Repair Proteins Initiate Epigenetic Alterations during Inflammation-Driven Tumorigenesis
18 May 2017
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Abstract Aberrant silencing of genes by DNA methylation contributes to cancer, yet how this process is initiated remains unclear. Using a murine model of inflammation-induced tumorigenesis, we tested the hypothesis that inflammation promotes recruitment of epigenetic proteins to chromatin, initiating methylation and gene silencing in tumors. Compared with normal epithelium and noninflammation-induced tumors,...
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