| Literature DB >> 15694662 |
Rong Li1, Tsuyoshi Saito, Ryoichi Tanaka, Seiro Satohisa, Katsuya Adachi, Miyabi Horie, Yushi Akashi, Ryuichi Kudo.
Abstract
In the present study, we analyzed the immunohistochemical findings for the RA receptor (RAR), retinoic X receptor (RXR) and hypermethylation of promoter-region CpG island methylation of RAR-beta2. Immunohistochemistry indicated that though RXR-alpha and -gamma were present in endometrial hyperplasia and cancer, other retinoid receptors were only weakly detected. The hypermethylation of RAR-beta2 was found in 75.0% of endometrial hyperplasia samples and 92.2% of carcinomas. No normal endometria had methylation. This evidence may point to one of the reasons why endometrial hyperplasia acquires high proliferative capacity without differentiation, and the hypermethylation of RAR-beta2 may occur in the early stage of endometrial carcinogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15694662 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.06.044
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679