CpG Island hypermethylation in human astrocytomas

Cancer Research

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2718-2727

  Wu, Xiwei ^b   Rauch, Tibor A ^c   Zhong, Xueyan ^a   Bennett, William P ^a   Latif, Farida ^d   Krex, Dietmar ^e   Pfeifer, Gerd P ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Medicine   (Germany)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^e CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE FYN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F3;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; HOX GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 77950813610     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-3631     Document Type: Article

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