| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Retroviral insertional mutagenesis in mice is one of the powerful strategies for high-throughput identification of novel cancer genes. Using this system, we have frequently identified the genes encoding the enzymes engaged in histone methylation. We discovered that many of the enzymes are involved not only in the tumor initiation but also in the tumor progression such as cell invasion, epithelial mesenchymal transition and maintenance of stem cell properties. Furthermore, we found that long noncoding RNAs played a crucial role in the regulation of these epigenetic enzymes during malignant progression.
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