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Equivalent parental distribution of frequently lost alleles and biallelic expression of the H19 gene in human testicular germ cell tumors.
Japanese journal of cancer research : Gann - 1 Aug 1996
Mishina M, Ogawa O, Kinoshita H, Oka H, Okumura K, Mitsumori K, Kakehi Y, Reeve A E, Yoshida O
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetic alterations such as genomic imprinting might play an important role in human tumorigenesis, in addition to specific genetic alterations. To clarify the role of genetic and/or epigenetic alterations in the tumorigenesis of testicular germ cell tumors (GCTs), we analyzed 40 primary and 3 metastatic testicular GCTs with regard to specific chromosomal losses and their parental origin. A high incidence of...
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