The Breast
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 484-488 , December 2010

Hypomethylation of the interleukin-10 gene in breast cancer tissues

  • Keun Su Son

      Affiliations

    • Department of Life Science, Dongguk University, Seoul 100-715, South Korea
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  • Han-Sung Kang

      Affiliations

    • Center for Breast Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi do 411-764, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 31 920 1642; fax: +82 31 920 1759.
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  • Sun Jung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Life Science, Dongguk University, Seoul 100-715, South Korea
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  • So-Youn Jung

      Affiliations

    • Center for Breast Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi do 411-764, South Korea
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  • Sun Young Min

      Affiliations

    • Center for Breast Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi do 411-764, South Korea
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  • See Youn Lee

      Affiliations

    • Center for Breast Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi do 411-764, South Korea
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  • Seok Won Kim

      Affiliations

    • Center for Breast Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi do 411-764, South Korea
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  • Youngmee Kwon

      Affiliations

    • Center for Breast Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi do 411-764, South Korea
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  • Keun Seok Lee

      Affiliations

    • Center for Breast Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi do 411-764, South Korea
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  • Kyung Hwan Shin

      Affiliations

    • Center for Breast Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi do 411-764, South Korea
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  • Jungsil Ro

      Affiliations

    • Center for Breast Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi do 411-764, South Korea

Received 24 November 2009 ,Revised 26 April 2010 ,Accepted 24 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2010.05.011

The Breast
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 484-488 , December 2010

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