Transcriptional silencing of the Dickkopfs-3 (Dkk-3) gene by CpG hypermethylation in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 707-713

  Roman Gomez, J ^a   Jimenez Velasco, A ^b   Agirre, X ^c   Castillejo, J A ^a   Navarro, G ^b   Barrios, M ^b   Andreu, E J ^c   Prosper, F ^c   Heiniger, A ^b   Torres, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; CpG island; Dkk 3; Methylation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DICKKOPFS 3 GENE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MALE; METHYLATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 4344645096     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602008     Document Type: Article

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