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Session XIV : Transcriptional <strong>and</strong> translational control Poster XIV, 43<br />

DNA hypomethylation of CAGE Promoters in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Uterine<br />

Cervix<br />

Taek Sang Lee a,b, Jae Weon Kima,b,c,*, Gyeong Hoon Kangb,d Noh Hyun Parka,b,<br />

Yong Sang Songa,b, Soon Beom Kanga,b, Hyo Pyo Leea,b<br />

aDepartment of Obstetrics <strong>and</strong> Gynecology, bCancer Research Institute, <strong>and</strong> cHuman<br />

Genome Research Institute, dDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Seoul<br />

National University, Seoul, 110-744, Korea<br />

E-mail: kjwksh@snu.ac.kr<br />

This study was performed to determine whether promoter hypomethylation of CAGE is<br />

involved in cervical carcinogenesis. The surgical specimens from 40 cervical squamous cell<br />

carcinoma patients who treated at Seoul National University Hospital <strong>and</strong> from 48 healthy<br />

controls were used with informed consent. By methylation specific PCR (MSP) using<br />

unmethylation specific primer, the promoter hypomethylation status of CAGE was<br />

investigated. We found that hypomethylation of CAGE promoter was present at frequencies<br />

of nearly one hundred percent in cervical squamous cell carcinomas (38/40, 95%), but less<br />

than 4% in controls (p

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