| Literature DB >> 20865461 |
Jingyan Sun1, Xu Xu, Juntian Liu, Hong Liu, Li Fu, Lin Gu.
Abstract
In order to investigate the methylation status of the retinoic acid receptor beta 2 gene (RAR-β2) in breast carcinoma in relation to gene expression and clinicopathological parameters of patients with breast cancer, expression of RAR-β2 gene and methylation status were analyzed in invasive carcinoma, atypical ductal hyperplasia, fibroadenoma specimens, and normal tissues. Our findings showed that RAR-β2 expression was lower in the breast cancer compared to normal tissue and fibroadenoma. The methylation rate of RAR-β2 in breast cancer and precancerous lesions of breast cancer were higher than that of normal tissues. Hypermethylation may be an initial step in breast carcinogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 20865461 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-010-9685-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Oncol ISSN: 1357-0560 Impact factor: 3.064