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Epigenetics - LSUHSC Human Development Center

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DNA Methylation and CancerAbnormal Hypomethylation ofOncogenes•Oncogenes are normally turned on duringembryogenesis but are supposed to beturned off after birth and hypermethylatedwhen there is no need for such rapid cellgrowth.Abnormal turning on of these oncogenesthrough mutations or hypomethylation leadsto cancer.OncogeneduringembryogenesisOncogeneduringchildhood andadulthoodOncogene duringcancerMost human tumors often exhibit overallgenome hypomethylation relatively early invarious types of carcinogenesis

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