Methylation of RUNX3 in various types of human cancers and premalignant stages of gastric carcinoma

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 479-484

  Kim, Tai Young ^a   Lee, Hyeon Joo ^a   Hwang, Kyu Sang ^a   Lee, Minjin ^a   Kim, Jae Won ^a   Bang, Yung Jue ^a   Kang, Gyeong Hoon ^a,b  

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

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomarker; CpG islands; DNA methylation; Gastric cancer; RUNX3

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RUNX3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; NEOPLASM; STOMACH TUMOR; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 3 SUBUNIT; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 2342641616     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: 15300307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700060     Document Type: Article

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