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ArticleMiddle East journal of digestive diseases2017

Assessment of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 3 Methylation in Iranian Patients with Colorectal Cancer.

Massoud Houshmand, Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan, Mohammad Amin Kerachian

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Article in Middle East journal of digestive diseases, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Massoud HoushmandDepartment of Medical Genetics, National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Reza AbbaszadeganDepartment of Biology, Nour Danesh Institute of Higher Education, Meyme, Isfahan, Iran.
Mohammad Amin KerachianDepartment of Biology, Nour Danesh Institute of Higher Education, Meyme, Isfahan, Iran.
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRNational Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common cancer that results in outstanding morbidity and mortality worldwide. DNA methylation is one of the most important epigenetic events that is thought to occur during the early stages of oncogenic transformation especially in CRC. The aim of this study was to investigate whether hypermethylation of bone morphogenetic protein 3 (BMP3) in tissue samples is implicated in Iranian patients with CRC. METHODS From fresh frozen tissue samples of 30 patients with CRC, the DNA was isolated, treated with sodium bisulfite and analyzed by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction with primers specific for methylated or unmethylated promoter sequences of the BMP3 gene. Demographic characteristics of the patients including age, sex, tumor grade, location, stage, and TNM classification were evaluated and the relationship between hypermethylation of the gene and clinicopathological features was analyzed. RESULTS Methylation of the BMP3 promoter was often present in the DNA extracted from the tumoral tissues. A sensitivity of 56.66% and specificity of 93.3% were attained in the detection of colorectal neoplasia. CONCLUSION We assumed that solely BMP3 methylation analysis in our population is not sufficient to select the gene as a screening biomarker and it should be considered in combination with other markers to screen for detection of colorectal cancer.

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Bone Morphogenetic Protein 3Colorectal cancerDNA MethylationEpigeneticGenetic Screening

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