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ea0016s17.3 | Thyroid cell biology | ECE2008

Molecular mechanisms of thyroid carcinogenesis: role of the CBX7 gene: Loss of the CBX7 gene.ll

Pallante Pierlorenzo , Federico Antonella , Bianco Mimma , Ferraro Angelo , Troncone Giancarlo , Fusco Alfredo

Using gene expression profiling we found that the CBX7 gene was drastically down-regulated in six thyroid carcinoma cell lines versus control cells. This suggested that CBX7 is an oncosuppressor. The aim of this study was to determine whether CBX7 is related to thyroid cancer phenotype, and to try to identify new tools for the diagnosis and prognosis of thyroid cancer. We thus evaluated CBX7 expression in various snap-frozen and paraffin-embedded thyroid carcinoma tissues of d...