Altered expression of PTCH and HHIP in gastric cancer through their gene promoter methylation: Novel targets for gastric cancer

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1159-1168

  Song, Yu ^a,b   Tian, Ye ^a   Zuo, Yun ^b   Tu, Jian Cheng ^b   Feng, Yu Fang ^b   Qu, Chen Jiang ^b  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University   (China)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Human hedgehog interacting protein; Methylation; Protein PTCH homolog

Indexed keywords

HUMAN HEDGEHOG INTERACTING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PATCHED HOMOLOG; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; STOMACH CANCER; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; AZACITIDINE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84875255835     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1333     Document Type: Article

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