Increased expression of DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) protein in uterine cervix squamous cell carcinoma and its precursor lesion

Cancer Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-219

  Sawada, Morio ^a   Kanai, Yae ^a   Arai, Eri ^a   Ushijima, Saori ^a   Ojima, Hidenori ^a   Hirohashi, Setsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN); DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1); Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA); Squamous cell carcinoma; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247567828     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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