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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Qing Gao
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-32415 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Gao Qing Q Steine Eveline J EJ Barrasa M Inmaculada MI Hockemeyer Dirk D Pawlak Mathias M Fu Dongdong D Reddy Seshamma S Bell George W GW Jaenisch Rudolf R
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20111019 44
Alterations in DNA methylation have been associated with genome-wide hypomethylation and regional de novo methylation in numerous cancers. De novo methylation is mediated by the de novo methyltransferases Dnmt3a and 3b, but only Dnmt3b has been implicated in promoting cancer by silencing of tumor-suppressor genes. In this study, we have analyzed the role of Dnmt3a in lung cancer by using a conditional mouse tumor model. We show that Dnmt3a deficiency significantly promotes tumor growth and progr ...[more]