Frequent and distinct aberrations of DNA methylation patterns in fibrolamellar carcinoma of the liver.

BACKGROUND: Gene silencing due to aberrant DNA methylation is a frequent event in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and also in hepatocellular adenoma (HCA). However, very little is known about epigenetic defects in fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC), a rare variant of hepatocellular carcinoma that displays...

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Main Authors: Wolfgang Tränkenschuh, Florian Puls, Matthias Christgen, Cord Albat, Albert Heim, Jeanette Poczkaj, Peer Fleming, Hans Kreipe, Ulrich Lehmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2966398?pdf=render