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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-12-14
pubmed:abstractText
Chromosome 8p21-22 is a frequent site of allelic deletions in many types of human tumors, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-receptor 2 (TRAIL-R2) is a cell-surface receptor involved in cell death signaling. The TRAIL-R2 gene recently has been mapped to chromosome 8p21-22. To explore the possibility that the TRAIL-R2 gene might be the relevant gene to the frequent deletion of 8p21-22 in NSCLC, we have analyzed the entire coding region and all splice sites of TRAIL-R2 for the detection of the somatic mutations in a series of 104 NSCLCs. Overall, 11 tumors (10.6%) were found to have TRAIL-R2 gene mutations in the death domain known to be involved in the transduction of an apoptotic signal. Our data indicate that somatic mutation of TRAIL-R2 may play a role in the pathogenesis of some NSCLCs and that the TRAIL-R2 gene is one of the genes relevant to the frequent loss of chromosome 8p21-22 in NSCLC.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5683-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8, pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Loss of Heterozygosity, pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:10582684-Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Alterations of the DR5/TRAIL receptor 2 gene in non-small cell lung cancers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't