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Inactivation of H19, an imprinted and putative tumor repressor gene, is a preneoplastic event during Wilms' tumorigenesis.
Cancer research - 15 Oct 1997
Cui H, Hedborg F, He L, Nordenskjöld A, Sandstedt B, Pfeifer-Ohlsson S, Ohlsson R
Abstract excerpt
Genetic evidence shows that the parent of origin-dependent expression patterns of the Igf2 and H19 genes is coordinated in mouse, such that H19 controls the activity of Igf2 in cis. Equally compelling evidence for a similar situation in humans is absent, although the frequently observed activation of the maternal IGF2 allele (ie., loss of imprinting) in Wilms' tumors has been attributed to the silencing of the...
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