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Bloom's syndrome (BS) is an autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by a high incidence of cancer at a young age. Cytogenetically, BS cells exhibit a high frequency of chromosomal damage and sister chromatid exchange (SCE). Thus, BS provides a human model of a genetic disorder exhibiting both chromosomal instability and a high incidence of cancer. In addition to its involvement in gene regulation, CpG methylation has recently been suggested to play an important role in the evolution and stability of chromosome structure. We have examined DNA methylation profiles of total DNA and some selected repeated sequences in normal and BS cells. No specific DNA hypomethylation in either total blood or lymphoblastoid cell lines from BS patients has been detected, suggesting that the genomic instability observed in BS is not directly related to a major DNA demethylation of the total CCGG sites, or of Alu or chromosome 1 satellite 2 repeated sequences.
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Noguiez, P., Jaulin, C., Praz, F. et al. No relationship between genetic instability in Bloom's syndrome and DNA hypomethylation of some major repetitive sequences. Hum Genet 92, 57–60 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00216145
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