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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-2
pubmed:abstractText
Tumorigenesis of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has been postulated to represent a multistep process driven by the accumulation of carcinogen-induced genetic changes. Alterations of the 3p14 fragile site containing the fragile histidine triade gene and of the 9p21 tumor suppressor locus containing methylthioadenosine phosphorylase, p16 and p15 characteristically occur in oral leukoplakia, a known precursor of OSCC, and are at present considered to indicate the transition from simple keratosis (hyperplasia) to dysplasia. The aim of the study was to evaluate the occurrence of losses of 3p14 and 9p21 and to evaluate polysomies 3 and 9 in leukoplakias using highly sensitive fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes. Examining 67 leukoplakias (24 hyperplasias, 33 dysplasias, 10 in situ carcinomas), control tissues of oral mucosa from infants and adults as well as invasive carcinomas and normal epithelia of tumor patients with locus specific FISH probes targeting 3p14 and 9p21, and centromeric probes for chromosomes 3 and 9 we could demonstrate that losses of these sites appeared very early in the tumorigenesis of OSCC and were already present in the great majority of simple keratoses. Polysomy 3 occurring more frequently than polysomy 9 was characteristic of dysplasia and in situ carcinomas and thus seems to follow losses of 3p14 and 9p21 during oral squamous cell carcinogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1552-4930
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2007 International Society for Analytical Cytology.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
305-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Losses of 3p14 and 9p21 as shown by fluorescence in situ hybridization are early events in tumorigenesis of oral squamous cell carcinoma and already occur in simple keratosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany. stephan.schwarz@uk-erlangen.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't