title: Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid: methylation is not involved in the regulation of MET expression.
abstract: Hypomethylation has been reported to be responsible for the activation of several oncogenes. The possibility that hypomethylation is involved in the regulation of MET transcription was investigated through the analysis of the methylation status of one CpG island containing 43 CpGs in six cases of papillary carcinoma, in the corresponding normal thyroid tissue, and in two cases of hyperplastic goitre. Evidence of methylation was not found in any of the analysed CpG.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Diagnostica di Laboratorio e Patologia, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Ospedale Sant'Andrea, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Università 'La Sapienza', Rome, Italy. stefania.scarpino@uniromal.it
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scarpino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Napoli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rapazzotti-Onelli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pilozzi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ruco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018899:CpG Islands; D019175:DNA Methylation; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor; C491743:MET protein, human; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met