@article{b35d21a92b6848d3ad3f12ed289453ff,
title = "Reduced expression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 and its promoter hypermethylation in human hepatocellular carcinoma",
abstract = "Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) is postulated to be a mediator of growth suppression signals. Reduced expression of the IGFBP-3 was observed in nine out of 12 human hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) (75%). Promoter hypermethylation of the IGFBP-3 was detected in four out of 12 HCCs (33%) although mutations were not identified. The expression of IGFBP-3 was restored by the demethylating agent 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine in HCC cell line with promoter hypermethylation (HepG2). As IGFBP-3 functions like a tumor suppressor gene, it may be used as a therapeutic target for HCC.",
keywords = "Hepatocellular carcinoma, Hypermethylation, Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3, Mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor, cDNA microarray",
author = "Tadashi Hanafusa and Yasuhiro Yumoto and Kazuhiro Nouso and Harushige Nakatsukasa and Toru Onishi and Tatsuya Fujikawa and Mayumi Taniyama and Shinichiro Nakamura and Masayuki Uemura and Yoshitaka Takuma and Eiichiro Yumoto and Toshihiro Higashi and Takao Tsuji",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to T. Mimura (Okayama Saiseikai General Hospital, Okayama, Japan), T. Kurokawa (Saiseikai Imabari Hospital, Imabari, Japan), for their support in obtaining materials and Y. Isomoto (Central Research Laboratory, Okayama University Medical School) for his technical support. We also thank Y. Iwasaki (First Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama Medical School) for his valuable suggestion to this work. This work was supported in part by grants-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan (#09770359, #11770273).",
year = "2002",
month = feb,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1016/S0304-3835(01)00736-4",
language = "English",
volume = "176",
pages = "149--158",
journal = "Cancer Letters",
issn = "0304-3835",
publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
number = "2",
}