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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
Inherited mutations of the RET proto-oncogene are tumorigenic in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2). However, it is not understood why only few of the affected cells in the target organs develop into tumors. Genetic analysis of nine pheochromocytomas from five unrelated patients with MEN 2 showed either duplication of the mutant RET allele in trisomy 10 or loss of the wild-type RET allele. Our results suggest a "second hit" causing a dominant effect of the mutant RET allele, through either duplication of the mutant allele or loss of the wild-type allele, as a possible mechanism for pheochromocytoma tumorigenesis in patients with MEN 2.
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
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6223-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11103773-Adrenal Gland Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-Germ-Line Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-Loss of Heterozygosity, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-Pheochromocytoma, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11103773-Trisomy
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Duplication of the mutant RET allele in trisomy 10 or loss of the wild-type allele in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2-associated pheochromocytomas.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Pathogenesis Unit, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article