Genome-wide DNA methylation profiles in liver tissue at the precancerous stage and in hepatocellular carcinoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2854-2862

  Arai, Eri ^a   Ushijima, Saori ^a   Gotoh, Masahiro ^a   Ojima, Hidenori ^a   Kosuge, Tomoo ^b   Hosoda, Fumie ^a   Shibata, Tatsuhiro ^a   Kondo, Tadashi ^a   Yokoi, Sana ^c   Imoto, Issei ^c   Inazawa, Johji ^c   Hirohashi, Setsuo ^a   Kanai, Yae ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial artificial chromosome array based methylated CpG island amplification; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Multistage carcinogenesis; Precancerous condition; Prognostication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 71849115857     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24708     Document Type: Article

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