| Literature DB >> 8692198 |
E K Choi1, S Uyeno, N Nishida, T Okumoto, S Fujimura, Y Aoki, M Nata, K Sagisaka, Y Fukuda, K Nakao, T Yoshimoto, Y S Kim, T Ono.
Abstract
The state of DNA methylation in the c-fos gene was examined in human livers of different ages, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The degree of methylation in the intron 1 to exon 4 region increased with age, whereas all of the 10 cirrhosis samples revealed a decrease in methylation when compared to normal livers of similar ages. The 11 hepatocellular carcinomas showed varied alterations suggesting that the alteration of the c-fos gene methylation is related to aging as well as to early-step of hepatocarcinogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8692198 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(96)00056-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mutat Res ISSN: 0027-5107 Impact factor: 2.433