Loss of pericentromeric DNA methylation pattern in human glioblastoma is associated with altered DNA methyltransferases expression and involves the stem cell compartment

Oncogene

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 358-365

  Fanelli, M ^a   Caprodossi, S ^a,b   Ricci Vitiani, L ^c   Porcellini, A ^d   Tomassoni Ardori, F ^a   Amatori, S ^a   Andreoni, F ^a   Magnani, M ^a   De Maria, R ^c   Santoni, A ^d   Minucci, S ^b   Pelicci, P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferases; Glioblastoma; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, SATELLITE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; NEURONS;

EID: 38049148239     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210642     Document Type: Article

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