DNA methylation and repressive H3K9 and H3K27 trimethylation in the promoter regions of PD-1, CTLA-4, TIM-3, LAG-3, TIGIT, and PD-L1 genes in human primary breast cancer

Abstract Background High expression of immune checkpoints in tumor microenvironment plays significant roles in inhibiting anti-tumor immunity, which is associated with poor prognosis and cancer progression. Major epigenetic modifications in both DNA and histone could be involved in upregulation of i...

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Main Authors: Varun Sasidharan Nair, Haytham El Salhat, Rowaida Z. Taha, Anne John, Bassam R. Ali, Eyad Elkord
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Clinical Epigenetics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13148-018-0512-1