DNA demethylation is directly related to tumour progression: Evidence in normal, pre-malignant and malignant cells from uterine cervix samples

Oncology Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 545-549

  De Capoa, Adriana ^a   Musolino, Angelina ^a   Della Rosa, Simonetta ^a   Caiafa, Paola ^a   Mariani, Luciano ^b   Del Nonno, Franca ^c   Vocaturo, Amina ^c   Donnorso, Raffaele Perrone ^c   Niveleau, Alain ^d   Grappelli, Claudio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Università di Roma 1 ^*  (Italy)

^c Pathology Department   (Italy)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

DNA demethylation; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA METHYLATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS CANCER;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE; CERVIX UTERI; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0642345170     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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