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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 7, 2010; 16(25): 3153-3160
Published online Jul 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i25.3153
Published online Jul 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i25.3153
Promoter hypermethylation and loss of CD133 gene expression in colorectal cancers
You-Kyung Jeon, Sung-Hee Kim, Seung-Ho Choi, Kyung-Hee Kim, Ja-Lok Ku, Jae-Gahb Park, Laboratory of Cell Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, South Korea
Kyung-Hee Kim, Byong-Chul Yoo, Colorectal Cancer Branch, Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, 411-764 Gyeonggi, South Korea
Author contributions: Jeon YK performed the majority of experiments and wrote the manuscript; Kim SH and Choi SH performed the technical aspects of the experiments; Kim KH and Yoo BC provided analytic tools; Ku JL and Park JG designed and coordinated the study, and analyzed the data.
Supported by (in part) The Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) funded by the Korean government (MEST R01-2008-000-20108-0)
Correspondence to: Ja-Lok Ku, Associate Professor, Laboratory of Cell Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea. kujalok@snu.ac.kr
Telephone: +82-2-36687919 Fax: +82-2-7420021
Received: March 17, 2010
Revised: April 21, 2010
Accepted: April 28, 2010
Published online: July 7, 2010
Revised: April 21, 2010
Accepted: April 28, 2010
Published online: July 7, 2010
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