Publication Date:
2014-09-06
Description:
Article Chronic infection with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is associated with inflammation and increased risk of gastric cancer. Kiga et al. show that methylation and silencing of the microRNA gene miR-210 is associated with infection in humans, and promotes proliferation of gastric epithelial cells in culture. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms5497 Authors: Kotaro Kiga, Hitomi Mimuro, Masato Suzuki, Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku, Taira Kobayashi, Takahito Sanada, Minsoo Kim, Michinaga Ogawa, Yuka W. Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Kayo, Yoko Fukuda-Yuzawa, Masakazu Yashiro, Masashi Fukayama, Taro Fukao, Chihiro Sasakawa
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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