TY - BOOK AU - Hany Ahmed Fouad Elghobary AU - Fatma Ahmed Elmougy , AU - Nabil Mostafa Khalil Elkady , AU - Sahar Abdelatty Sharaf , TI - Methylation framework of cell cycle gene inhibitor p16 INK4A in hepatocellular carcinoma patients / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Hany Ahmed Fouad Elghobary , KW - Cell cycle gene KW - Hepatocellular KW - p16 INK4A N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology; Issued also as CD N2 - Hepatocellular carcinoma ( HCC ) is currently the fifth most common solid tumor worldwide and the third leading cause of cancer related death . The tumor suppressor gene p16 INK4A is located on chromosome 9p21 and encodes the p16 protein , which binds selectively to CDK4 to inhibit activation of the CDK4 / cyclin D complex in the G1 phase . Inactivation of this gene which normally inhibits progression to the G1 phase of the cell cycle is involved in the initiation of tumors ER -