Aberrant CpG Island Hypermethylation in Pediatric Gastric Mucosa in Association With Helicobacter pylori Infection.

Context.-Helicobacter pylori infection is primarily acquired during childhood and persists throughout life in the absence of eradication with antibiotics. Helicobacter pylori infection induces methylation in the promoter CpG island loci in gastric epithelial cells. Thus, aberrant CpG island hypermet...

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Published in:Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Vol. 135; no. 6; pp. 759 - 766
Main Authors: Shin, So-Hyun, Park, Seog-Yun, Ko, Jae-Sung, Kim, Nayoung, Kang, Gyeong Hoon
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: College of American Pathologists Jun2011
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