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Epigenetic change in e-cardherin and COX-2 to predict chronic periodontitis

BACKGROUND: DNA methylation of certain genes frequently occurs in neoplastic cells. Although the cause remains unknown, many genes have been identified with such atypical methylation in neoplastic cells. The hypermethylation of E-Cadherin and Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) in chronic inflammation such as...

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Autores principales: Loo, Wings TY, Jin, Lijian, Cheung, Mary NB, Wang, Min, Chow, Louis WC
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2998472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21047437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5876-8-110

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