Hypermethylation of the p16 gene and lack of p16 expression in hepatoblastoma

Modern Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 430-436

  Shim, Yhong Hee ^a   Park, Hye Jung ^c   Choi, Mi Sun ^a   Kim, Jung Sun ^a   Kim, Hanseoung ^b   Kim, Jong Jae ^b   Jang, Ja June ^b   Yu, Eunsil ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hepatoblastoma; Immunohistochemistry; Methylation; p16; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN P16;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENES, P16; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM STAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0038146961     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MP.0000066799.99032.A7     Document Type: Article

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