MicroRNA-124a and microRNA-34b/c are frequently methylated in all histological types of colorectal cancer and polyps, and in the adjacent normal mucosa

Oncology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-180

  Deng, Guoren ^a   Kakar, Sanjay ^a   Kim, Young S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Epigenetic regulation; Microrna

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; B RAF KINASE; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 124A; MICRORNA 34B/C; PROTEIN P53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HCT116; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; CPG ISLAND; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM POLYP; RNA METHYLATION; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR CELLS AND CELL LINES; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 78751486369     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2010.222     Document Type: Article

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