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Cards (5)

  • CpG island methylated phenotype (CIMP) appears in familial colorectal cancer, silencing MCH1, preventing MMR
  • IDH, FH or SDH mutations inhibit TET leading to leukemia
  • Hypermethylation is a cancer biomarker, specifically GST1 in prostate and SNF in tons of cancer
  • Histones can be mutated in cancer themselves, especially in paediatric glioma
  • HDACs act as oncogenes