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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): GenePix 4000B [Axon Instruments]
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Tobias Brambrink
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-450 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Holm Teresa M TM Jackson-Grusby Laurie L Brambrink Tobias T Yamada Yasuhiro Y Rideout William M WM Jaenisch Rudolf R
Cancer cell 20051001 4
Loss of imprinting (LOI), commonly observed in human tumors, refers to loss of monoallelic gene regulation normally conferred by parent-of-origin-specific DNA methylation. To test the function of LOI in tumorigenesis, we developed a model by using transient demethylation to generate imprint-free mouse embryonic stem cells (IF-ES cells). Embryonic fibroblasts derived from IF-ES cells (IF-MEFs) display TGFbeta resistance and reduced p19 and p53 expression and form tumors in SCID mice. IF-MEFs exhi ...[more]