Hypomethylation of the CTGF gene locus is a common feature of paediatric pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 537-541

  Welch, Mathew D ^a,b   Greene, Wayne K ^c   Kees, Ursula R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bisulfite sequencing; DNA methylation; Leukaemia; Pre B ALL

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LEUKEMOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BISULFITE SEQUENCING; DNA METHYLATION; LEUKAEMIA; PRE-B ALL;

AZACITIDINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, LEUKEMIC; HUMANS; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; JURKAT CELLS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84880703030     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12417     Document Type: Article

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