Methylated DNA and microRNA in Body Fluids as Biomarkers for Cancer Detection

Epigenetic alterations including DNA methylation and microRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in the initiation and progression of human cancers. As the extensively studied epigenetic changes in tumors, DNA methylation and miRNAs are the most potential epigenetic biomarkers for cancer diagnosis. Afte...

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Autores principales: Ma, Yanning, Wang, Xian, Jin, Hongchuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2013
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3676840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23681012
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms140510307
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Sumario:Epigenetic alterations including DNA methylation and microRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in the initiation and progression of human cancers. As the extensively studied epigenetic changes in tumors, DNA methylation and miRNAs are the most potential epigenetic biomarkers for cancer diagnosis. After the identification of circulating cell-free nuclear acids, increasing evidence demonstrated great potential of cell-free epigenetic biomarkers in the blood or other body fluids for cancer detection.

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