IHEM   20887
INSTITUTO DE HISTOLOGIA Y EMBRIOLOGIA DE MENDOZA DR. MARIO H. BURGOS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
WT1 methylation: an epigenetic marker in breast cancer?
Autor/es:
LAURITO SERGIO; CAMPOY, EMANUEL; BRANHAM MARIA TERESITA; URRUTIA GUILLERMO; GAGO FRANCISCO; TELLO OLGA; ROQUÉ MARIA
Lugar:
Sitges
Reunión:
Congreso; Cell Symposia: Cancer epigenomics; 2013
Resumen:
Epigenetics is postulated to be the bridge between environment and
phenotype. The aberrant methylation associated with tumorigenic processes
could therefore present distinct profiles among different populations. Our
analysis on 95 breast tumors of our country reveal that 92.6% present
methylation of a CpG island located in the promoter region of WT1 gene and
of antisense AS-WT1 gene. This prevalent frequency has not been informed by
others in breast tumors of other populations. Compared with normal breast
tissue, this alteration is strongly associated with the tumor (p