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Methylation patterns of the IFN-? gene in cervical cancer tissues.

ABSTRACT: To explore the relationship between methylation of interferon gamma (IFN-?) gene and tumorigenesis in cervical cancer tissues, the biopsy specimens of cervical cancer and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) (I-III) patients as well as normal controls were collected and analyzed.The methylation of the IFN-? gene was verified by using methylation-specific PCR and DNA sequencing analysis, and the expression levels of IFN-? mRNA were detected using quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).The methylation rates of the IFN-? gene were significantly higher in cervical cancer tissues (15/43, 34.9%) than those in CIN (3/23, 13.0% of CIN I; 6/39, 15.4% of CIN II/III) and normal cervical tissues (2/43, 4.7%) (P < 0.01). Furthermore, the mRNA expression of IFN-? in cervical tumors with methylation (0.71 ± 0.13, n = 8) was lower than that in those without methylation (1.58 ± 0.32, n = 27) (P < 0.05). Likewise, the IFN-? expression levels in CIN II/III tissues with methylation (0.87 ± 0.16, n = 5) were significantly (P < 0.01) lower compared to those without methylation (2.12 ± 0.27, n = 32).The hypermethylation of IFN-? gene may be related with tumorigenesis of cervical cancer.

SUBMITTER: Ma D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4160705 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Methylation patterns of the IFN-γ gene in cervical cancer tissues.

Ma Dong D Jiang Chunyang C Hu Xiaoli X Liu Huibin H Li Qingzhao Q Li Tingting T Yang Yanyan Y Li Ou O

Scientific reports 20140911

<h4>Objective</h4>To explore the relationship between methylation of interferon gamma (IFN-γ) gene and tumorigenesis in cervical cancer tissues, the biopsy specimens of cervical cancer and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) (I-III) patients as well as normal controls were collected and analyzed.<h4>Methods</h4>The methylation of the IFN-γ gene was verified by using methylation-specific PCR and DNA sequencing analysis, and the expression levels of IFN-γ mRNA were detected using quantitative ...[more]

PMID: 25208560

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Methylation patterns of the IFN-? gene in cervical cancer tissues.

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Methylation patterns of the IFN-γ gene in cervical cancer tissues.

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