Down-regulation of DLX3 expression in MLL-AF4 childhood lymphoblastic leukemias is mediated by promoter region hypermethylation

Oncology Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 417-423

  Campo Dell'Orto, Marta ^a   Banelli, Barbara ^b   Giarin, Emanuela ^a   Accordi, Benedetta ^a   Trentin, Luca ^a   Romani, Massimo ^b   Te Kronnie, Geertruy ^a   Basso, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Experimetal Oncology C   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 Aza 2 dC; Acute paediatric leukemia; DLX; Methylation

Indexed keywords

DISTAL LESS HOMEOBOX PROTEINS; DISTAL-LESS HOMEOBOX PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; MLL AF4 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; MLL-AF4 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL STRAIN U937; CHILD; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELL LINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHILD; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HL-60 CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL, ACUTE; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; U937 CELLS;

EID: 34548543799     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.18.2.417     Document Type: Article

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