Distinct Methylation Changes at the IGF2-H19 Locus in Congenital Growth Disorders and Cancer

Adele Murrell; Yoko Ito; Gaetano Verde; Joanna Huddleston; Kathryn Woodfine; Margherita Cirillo Silengo; Filippo Spreafico; Daniela Perotti; Agostina De Crescenzo; Angela Sparago; Flavia Cerrato; Andrea Riccio

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001849

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Distinct Methylation Changes at the IGF2-H19 Locus in Congenital Growth Disorders and Cancer

Adele Murrell ,

* E-mail: amm207@cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, CRUK Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Yoko Ito ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yoko Ito, Gaetano Verde

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, CRUK Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Gaetano Verde ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yoko Ito, Gaetano Verde

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Seconda Università di Napoli, Caserta, Italy
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Joanna Huddleston,

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, CRUK Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Kathryn Woodfine,

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, CRUK Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Margherita Cirillo Silengo,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Pediatriche e dell'Adolescenza, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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Filippo Spreafico,

Affiliation Pediatric Oncology Unit, Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
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Daniela Perotti,

Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology and Laboratories, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
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Agostina De Crescenzo,

Affiliations Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Seconda Università di Napoli, Caserta, Italy, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “A. Buzzati Traverso”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Naples, Italy
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Angela Sparago,

Affiliations Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Seconda Università di Napoli, Caserta, Italy, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “A. Buzzati Traverso”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Naples, Italy
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Flavia Cerrato,

Affiliations Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Seconda Università di Napoli, Caserta, Italy, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “A. Buzzati Traverso”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Naples, Italy
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Andrea Riccio

Affiliations Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Seconda Università di Napoli, Caserta, Italy, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “A. Buzzati Traverso”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Naples, Italy
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Distinct Methylation Changes at the IGF2-H19 Locus in Congenital Growth Disorders and Cancer

Adele Murrell,
Yoko Ito,
Gaetano Verde,
Joanna Huddleston,
Kathryn Woodfine,
Margherita Cirillo Silengo,
Filippo Spreafico,
Daniela Perotti,
Agostina De Crescenzo,
Angela Sparago

Published: March 26, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001849

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