Epigenetic silencing of Notch signaling in gastrointestinal cancers
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Epigenetic changes in gastrointestinal cancers
Epigenetic alterations, including DNA methylation, histone modifi cation, loss of genome imprinting, chromatin remodeling and non-coding RNAs, are associated with human carcinogenesis. Among them, DNA methylation is a fundamental epigenetic process to modulate gene expression. In cancer cells, altered DNA methylation includes hypermethylation of site-specifi c CpG island promoter and global DNA...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cell Cycle
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1538-4101,1551-4005
DOI: 10.4161/cc.22388