Open AccessTumoral tissue specific promoter hypermethylation of distinct tumor suppressor genes in a case with non--small cell lung carcinoma: A case report
Author(s) -
Sülhattin Arslan,
Tamer Doǧan,
Binnur Köksal,
Malik Ejder Yıldırım,
Cesur Gümüş,
Sahenda Elagoz,
İbrahim Akkurt,
Öztürk Özdemir
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.45279
Subject(s) - medicine , suppressor , tumor suppressor gene , gene , cancer research , dna methylation , pathology , lung , carcinoma , gene expression , cancer , carcinogenesis , biology , genetics
Non-small cell lung carcinoma is an aggressive phenomenon and the epigenetical alterations of some tumor supressor genes have been reported for the different tumor types.