Epigenetics and colorectal cancer pathogenesis

Cancers

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 676-713

  Bardhan, Kankana ^a   Liu, Kebin ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; DNMT; Epigenetic therapy; HDAC; HMTase

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 126; MICRORNA 133B; MICRORNA 135A; MICRORNA 135B; MICRORNA 139; MICRORNA 141; MICRORNA 143; MICRORNA 145; MICRORNA 17; MICRORNA 18A; MICRORNA 192; MICRORNA 200A; MICRORNA 200B; MICRORNA 200C; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 34A; MICRORNA 92; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VORINOSTAT;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GENE THERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RESISTANCE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PROMOTER REGION; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84878822005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers5020676     Document Type: Article

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