TGF-β mediated DNA methylation in prostate cancer

Translational Andrology and Urology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 78-88

  Lee, Chung ^a,b,d   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Zi, Xaolin ^b   Dash, Atreya ^b   Soares, Marcelo B ^c   Rahmatpanah, Farahnaz ^d   Jia, Zhenyu ^d   McClelland, Michael ^d   Mercola, Dan ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MEMORIAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNMT; Erk activation; Prostate cancer; TGF ; Tumor development and progression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875441933     PISSN: 22234683     EISSN: 22234691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-4683.2012.05.06     Document Type: Review

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