No association between GSTP1 gene aberrant promoter methylation and prognosis in surgically resected hepatocellular carcinoma patients from the Basque Country (Northern Spain)

Aims: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide, being linked etiologically to several factors. Glutathione‐S‐transferases (GSTs) are a family of enzymes that play an important role in detoxification. Hypermethylation of regulatory sequences at glutathione‐S‐transferase pi class gene (GSTP1) has been found in different human tumor types. In this study, we have studied the methylation status of the GSTP1 promoter region in patients from the Basque Country (Northern Spain) by methylation‐specific PCR (MSP).

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