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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-2
pubmed:abstractText
Inactivation of the DCC gene on chromosome 18 owing to loss of heterozygosity is a common finding in colorectal cancer. Because both ovarian and colon cancer are features of Lynch syndrome II, which has been provisionally mapped to chromosome 18, we hypothesized that loss of heterozygosity at the DCC locus may also occur in ovarian neoplasia. Fifty-two sporadic ovarian adenocarcinoma tumours were analysed by Southern blotting for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at six chromosome 18 loci. Overall, tumours from 31 patients (60%) showed allelic loss at one or more of these loci. A similarly high level of LOH, 66%, was found at D17S5 (17p13.3). In contrast, moderate levels of LOH, of 31%, 39% and 33%, were found at MYCL1 (1p32), D1S57 (1p) and D14S20 (14q32.33) respectively. However, analysis of partial chromosome deletions in 11 patients indicates that the smallest region of overlap appears to exclude the DCC gene but to be between the D18S5 and D18S11 loci. This suggests that another locus, as well as or apart from DCC, may be involved.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:geneSymbol
DCC
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1059-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Frequent loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 18 in ovarian adenocarcinoma which does not always include the DCC locus.
pubmed:affiliation
Queensland Cancer Fund Research Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't