Association of CpG island methylator phenotype and EREG/AREG methylation and expression in colorectal cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1352-1361

  Lee, Michael S ^a,b   McGuffey, Elizabeth J ^c   Morris, Jeffrey S ^d   Manyam, Ganiraju ^d   Baladandayuthapani, Veerabahdran ^d   Wei, Wei ^d   Morris, Van K ^d   Overman, Michael J ^d   Maru, Dipen M ^d   Jiang, Zhi Qin ^d   Hamilton, Stanley R ^d   Kopetz, Scott ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; AZACITIDINE; B RAF KINASE; DECITABINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; EPIREGULIN; K RAS PROTEIN; AREG PROTEIN, HUMAN; EGFR PROTEIN, HUMAN; EREG PROTEIN, HUMAN; KRAS PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN P21;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CPG ISLAND METHYLATOR PHENOTYPE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER; ONCOGENE N RAS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RNA SEQUENCE; WILD TYPE; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GENETICS; HCT 116 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

AMPHIREGULIN; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIREGULIN; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 84973402587     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2016.87     Document Type: Article

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