Promoter methylation of P15INK4B gene is possibly associated with parvovirus B19 infection in adult acute leukemias

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-419

  Yalcin, A ^a   Serin, M S ^a   Emekdas, G ^a   Tiftik, N ^a   Aslan, G ^a   Eskandari, G ^a   Tezcan, S ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute leukemias; Epstein Barr virus; Methylation specific PCR; Myelodysplastic syndrome; P15INK4B gene promoter methylation; Parvovirus B19

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2B; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHYLATION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P15; DNA METHYLATION; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651108667     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2008.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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