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IGF2 but not H19 shows loss of imprinting in human glioma.
Cancer research - 1 Dec 1996
Uyeno S, Aoki Y, Nata M, Sagisaka K, Kayama T, Yoshimoto T, Ono T
Abstract excerpt
Genomic imprinting is a gamete-specific modification resulting in the allele-specific expression of genes in somatic cells. A loss of imprinting (LOI) has been found in many embryonal and adult tumors, suggesting that it plays a role in tumor development. The incidence of LOI, however, does not seem to be ubiquitous among tumors because neuroblastoma and colorectal cancer revealed no LOI. We examined the...
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