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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-14
pubmed:abstractText
Fas (APO-1/CD95) is a broadly expressed death receptor involved in a series of physiological and pathological apoptotic processes. One of the possible mechanisms for resistance to apoptosis signaling in the immune system as well as in the pathogenesis of non-lymphoid malignancies is the presence of Fas mutations within the entire gene. We investigated, in 79 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) samples, the promoter and the entire coding region of the Fas gene by polymerase chain reaction, single strand conformation polymorphism and DNA sequencing in order to detect putative alterations. Sixteen of 79 tumor samples (20.2%) were found to have Fas alterations, either in promoter or exon region. Since the loss of Fas apoptotic function might be linked to p53 alterations, which are often involved in the development of NSCLC, we analyzed p53 status in 40 of the 79 NSCLC samples. p53 mutations were found to be more frequently present than Fas gene alterations (25 out of 40 cases, 62.5%). These data increase the knowledge regarding mutations of apoptosis-genes involved in the pathogenesis of NSCLC, and give benefits for the clinical management of this type of tumor.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1019-6439
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Antigens, CD95, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Genes, p53, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11743657-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of Fas (APO-1/CD95) and p53 gene mutations in non-small cell lung cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oncology, Transplants and Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Pisa, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't