Hypermethylation of the tumor suppressor gene RASSFIA and frequent concomitant loss of heterozygosity at 3p21 in cervical cancers

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 204-209

  Yu, Mei Y ^a   Tong, Joanna H M ^a   Chan, Paul K S ^a   Lee, Tin L ^a   Chan, Michael W Y ^a   Chan, Anthony W H ^a   Lo, Kwok W ^a   To, Kai F ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Loss of heterozygosity; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tumor suppressor gene

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 3P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMETHYLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASSFIA GENE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AZACITIDINE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037431542     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11051     Document Type: Article

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