Variable methylation of the imprinted gene, SNRPN, supports a relationship between intracranial germ cell tumours and neural stem cells

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-428

  Lee, Shih Han ^a   Appleby, Vanessa ^a   Jeyapalan, Jennie N ^a   Palmer, Roger D ^b,c   Nicholson, James C ^c   Sottile, Virginie ^a   Gao, Erning ^a   Coleman, Nicholas ^b   Scotting, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b HUTCHISON MRC RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumour; Germinoma; Imprinting; Intracranial; SNRPN

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; SNRPN GENE; STEM CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEURAL STEM CELLS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SNRNP CORE PROTEINS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952190605     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-010-0275-9     Document Type: Article

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