Up-regulation of DNA-methyltransferase 3A expression is associated with hypomethylation of intron 25 in human testicular germ cell tumors

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-190

  Ishii, Tomohiko ^a,b   Kohu, Kazuyoshi ^a   Yamada, Shigeyuki ^b   Ishidoya, Shigeto ^b   Kanto, Satoru ^b   Fuji, Hiromi ^b   Moriya, Takuya ^b   Satake, Masanobu ^a   Arai, Yoichi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methyltransferase; Epigenetic regulation; Gene expression; Testicular germ cell tumor

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRON; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINOMA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 34447578673     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.212.177     Document Type: Article

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