## Abstract A cyclin‐dependent kinase inhibitor CDKN2A (p16/Ink4a) is a tumor suppressor and upregulated in cellular senescence. CDKN2A promoter methylation and gene silencing are associated with the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) in colon cancer. However, prognostic significance of CDKN2A
Prognostic significance of p16/cdkn2a loss in pleural malignant mesotheliomas
✍ Scribed by Sanja Dacic; Hannelore Kothmaier; Stephanie Land; Yongli Shuai; Iris Halbwedl; Patrizia Morbini; Bruno Murer; Camilla Comin; Françoise Galateau-Salle; Funda Demirag; Handan Zeren; Richard Attanoos; Alan Gibbs; Philip Cagle; Helmut Popper
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 349 KB
- Volume
- 453
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-2307
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