Increased microsatellite instability and epigenetic inactivation of the hMLH1 gene in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 484-490

  Zuo, Chunlai ^a   Zhang, Haihong ^b   Spencer, Horace J ^b   Vural, Emre ^b,c   Suen, James Y ^b   Schichman, Steven A ^b,c   Smoller, Bruce R ^b   Kokoska, Mimi S ^b,d   Fan, Chun Yang ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEIN MLH1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERMETHYLATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHYLATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70349336146     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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