From: Hypermethylation of genomic 3.3-kb repeats is frequent event in HPV-positive cervical cancer
Samples | No. tested | Down-regulation of mRNA |
Normal cervical tissues | 5 | 0 |
Adjacent to tumors nonmalignant cervical tissues | 24 | 5 (20.8%)* |
Tumors | 44 | 30 (68.2%) |
 |  | P = 0.003** |
Cervical cancer cell lines | 5 | 4 |