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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2008; 14(17): 2702-2714
Published online May 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2702
Published online May 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2702
Transcriptional silencing of Dickkopf gene family by CpG island hypermethylation in human gastrointestinal cancer
Tadateru Maehata, Fumio Itoh, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 216-8511, Japan
Hiroaki Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Katsuhiko Nosho, Yasushi Adachi, Nobuki Miyamoto, Chie Miyamoto, Noriyuki Akutsu, Satoshi Yamaoka, First Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan
Author contributions: Maehata T, Taniguchi H, Yamamoto H designed research; Maehata T, Taniguchi H, Yamamoto H, Nosho K, Adachi Y, Akutsu N, and Yamaoka S performed research; Maehata T, Taniguchi H, Yamamoto H, Miyamoto N, and Miyamoto C analyzed data; and Maehata T, Taniguchi H, Yamamoto H, and Itoh F wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, MD, FJSIM, PhD, First Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, S.-1, W.-16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan. h-yama@sapmed.ac.jp
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Received: October 27, 2007
Revised: February 15, 2008
Published online: May 7, 2008
Revised: February 15, 2008
Published online: May 7, 2008
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