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CANCER INVESTIGATION
Volume 28, Issue 9, Pages 896-903Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.3109/07357907.2010.494324
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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; WIF-1; Wnt-5a; Methylation-specific PCR; Reverse PCR
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- Ministere de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Scientifique
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Activation of the wingless-type (Wnt) signaling pathway is common in cancers. The Wnt inhibitory factor-1 (WIF-1) is a secreted antagonist that acts by binding to Wnt ligands. We examined by methylation-specific PCR (MSP), whether WIF-1 is inactivated in 68 nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPC), and 10 normal mucosa. We showed that the WIF-1 promoter was methylated in 89.7% of tumors, whereas all normal mucosa were unmethylated. The WIF-1 methylation was associated with the tumor, node, and metastasis (TNM) (p = .003) and the age (p = .014). The Wnt-5a mRNA was higher in tumors and correlated with TNM (p = .012). The methylation of WIF-1 contributes to the activation of the Wnt pathway in NPC.
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