The hypermethylation and protein expression of p16INK4A and DNA repair gene O6 -methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase in various uterine cervical lesions

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 364-370

  Lin, Zhenhua ^a,b   Gao, Meihua ^b   Zhang, Xianglan ^a   Kim, Young Sik ^a   Lee, Eung Seok ^a   Kim, Han Kyeom ^a   Kim, Insun ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cervical uteri; Methylation; O6 methylguanine DNA methyltransferase; p16INK4A

Indexed keywords

METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN P16INK4A;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HYPERMETHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 18744385545     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-004-0657-5     Document Type: Article

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