Inactivation of the human androgen receptor gene is associated with CpG hypermethylation in uterine endometrial cancer

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-66

  Sasaki, Masahiro ^a   Oh, Bong R ^b   Dharia, Abhipsa ^a   Fujimoto, Seiichiro ^c   Dahiya, Rajvir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; CpG islands; Endometrial cancer; Methylation; Methylation specific polymerase chain reaction; Silencing

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHYLATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ALLELES; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; AZACITIDINE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033763676     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2744(200010)29:2<59::AID-MC2>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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