Article
Lack of Aberrant Methylation in an Adjacent Area of Left-Sided Colorectal Cancer.
Yonsei medical journal - 1 Jul 2017
Sambuudash Otgontuya, Kim Hyun Soo, Cho Mee Yon
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The molecular nature and the rate-limiting step of epigenetic field defects in the evolution of left-sided colorectal cancer (LCA) remain uncertain. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The methylation status of 27 candidate field defect markers, six classic CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) markers, and LINE-1 were determined in LCA and adjacent normal mucosas (ADJs) from 33 LCA patients and in left normal...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Case-Control Studies
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- CpG Islands
- DNA Methylation
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Phenotype
