Methylation of PTCH1a gene in a subset of gastric cancers

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 3799-3806

  Du, Peng ^a   Ye, Hai Rong ^a   Gao, Jun ^b   Chen, Wei ^a   Wang, Zhong Chuan ^a   Jiang, Hong Hua ^a   Xu, Ji ^a   Zhang, Ji We ^a   Zhang, Jian Cheng ^c   Cui, Long ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Hedgehog signaling pathway; Methylation; PTCH1; Stomach neoplasms

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; PROTEIN PATCHED 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ISOPROTEIN; PATCHED RECEPTORS;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH CANCER; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH TUMOR; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350458591     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3799     Document Type: Article

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