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Tissue samples of primary
oral
squamous
cell carcinoma (OSCC) display
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hypermethylation in the promoter regions
of p16.
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Cancer cells show a significant increase in
the accumulation of methylation in CpG
islands in the promoter region of p16
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This epigenetic change leads to the loss of
tumor suppressor gene function