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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Fetahu IS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4282356 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of cancer 20140402 9
The calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) is suggested to mediate the antiproliferative effects of calcium in colon. However, in colorectal cancer (CRC) the expression of the CaSR is silenced and the underlying mechanisms leading to its loss are poorly understood. We investigated whether loss of the CaSR expression in colorectal tumors is caused by DNA hypermethylation and imbalance of transcriptionally permissive/repressive histone alterations. We observed significantly lower CaSR mRNA expression (n ...[more]