Age-related hypermethylation of the hMLH1 promoter in gastric cancers

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 208-211

  Nakajima, Tomoko ^a   Akiyama, Yoshimitsu ^a   Shiraishi, Junichi ^a   Arai, Tomio ^a   Yanagisawa, Yuka ^a   Ara, Miyuki ^a   Fukuda, Yoshiharu ^a   Sawabe, Motoji ^b   Saitoh, Kiyoshi ^b   Kamiyama, Ryuichi ^a   Hirokawa, Katsuiku ^a   Yuasa, Yasuhito ^a,c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Gastric cancer; Methylation, hMLH1

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035888252     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.1454     Document Type: Article

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