Epigenetically silenced miR-34b/c as a novel faecal-based screening marker for colorectal cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1770-1778

  Kalimutho, M ^a,b,e   Di Cecilia, S ^a   Del Vecchio Blanco, G ^b   Roviello, F ^c,d   Sileri, P ^b   Cretella, M ^c   Formosa, A ^a   Corso, G ^c,d   Marrelli, D ^c,d   Pallone, F ^a,b   Federici, G ^a,b   Bernardini, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO TOSCANO TUMORI   (Italy)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CRC; faeces; methylation; miR 148a; miR 34b c

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; DNA; MICRORNA; TUMOR MARKER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIGENETICS; FECES; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AZACITIDINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; FECES; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MALE; MICRORNAS; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79957603048     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.82     Document Type: Article

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