Alterations in gene expression associated with the overexpression of a splice variant of DNA methyltransferase 3b, DNMT3b4, during human hepatocarcinogenesis

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 636-644

  Kanai, Yae ^a   Saito, Yoshimasa ^a,b   Ushijima, Saori ^a   Hirohashi, Setsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNMT3b4; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interferon inducible protein; STAT1

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; INTERFERON; STAT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 8644236540     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-004-0586-3     Document Type: Article

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