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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
CONTEXT: Mutations of HRPT2 are frequent in sporadic parathyroid carcinomas and central to their pathogenesis. However, the potential diagnostic utility of HRPT2 mutation status to distinguish between parathyroid carcinoma and adenoma hinges on the frequency of HRPT2 mutations in benign adenomas. Even a low rate of HRPT2 mutation in adenomas would greatly alter diagnostic specificity, because adenomas are far more prevalent than carcinomas. The issue remains open because of the limited number of typical adenomas, not subjected to additional selection criteria, examined in previous studies. OBJECTIVE/DESIGN/PATIENTS: To determine the frequency of HRPT2 somatic mutations in a substantial series of typical, sporadic parathyroid adenomas, we directly sequenced coding and flanking splice junctional regions of all HRPT2 exons in solitary adenomas from 60 patients. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: No intragenic HRPT2 mutations were detected, strengthening the degree of specificity of HRPT2 mutation as a feature of sporadic parathyroid carcinoma as opposed to sporadic adenomas. Our observations encourage additional study of the diagnostic potential of HRPT2 in parathyroid neoplasia and support the view that HRPT2 inactivation is not an important participant in the pathogenesis of typical parathyroid adenomas.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5015-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
HRPT2 mutational analysis of typical sporadic parathyroid adenomas.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3101, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural