Epigenetic regulation of MAGE family in human cancer progression-DNA methylation, histone modification, and non-coding RNAs

Abstract The melanoma antigen gene (MAGE) proteins are a group of highly conserved family members that contain a common MAGE homology domain. Type I MAGEs are relevant cancer-testis antigens (CTAs), and originally considered as attractive targets for cancer immunotherapy due to their typically high...

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Main Authors: Yishui Lian, Lingjiao Meng, Pingan Ding, Meixiang Sang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2018-09-01
Series:Clinical Epigenetics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13148-018-0550-8