Hypermethylation of APC promoter 1A is associated with moderate activation of Wnt signalling pathway in a subset of colorectal serrated adenomas

Histopathology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 554-563

  Fu, Xiangsheng ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Li, Kang ^a   Tian, Xiaoxiao ^a   Zhang, Yali ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

catenin; Adenomatous polyposis coli; Colorectal cancer; Methylation; Serrated adenoma

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON MUCOSA; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RECTUM MUCOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; BETA CATENIN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, APC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049167623     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03411.x     Document Type: Article

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