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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-15
pubmed:abstractText
RET/PTC rearrangements are initiating events in the development of a significant proportion of papillary thyroid carcinomas. Activated RET/PTC mutations are thought to be restricted to thyroid disease, but this study proposes that these events may also occur in nonthyroid tumors. A total of 57 nonthyroid papillary tumors were examined for RET/PTC rearrangements using interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization, Taqman reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, and immunohistochemistry. Taqman single nucleotide polymorphism detection was used to analyze for expression of mutated BRAF T1799A. In all, 20% (3/15) of primary peritoneal carcinoma had detectable RET/PTC1 rearrangements by all 3 methodologies. A further case of similar histotype had an alternate RET/ PTC rearrangement. No RET/PTC1 rearrangements were detected in the remaining tumor cohort. All 57 tumors were homozygous for wild-type BRAF. The results indicate that RET/PTC rearrangements occur in a small subset of nonthyroid papillary tumors. These rearrangements may not be directly implicated in tumor growth; rather representing "passenger" mutations reflecting RET instability in secondary tumor subclones.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1066-8969
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
187-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Carcinoma, Papillary, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Gene Rearrangement, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Oncogene Proteins, Fusion, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Peritoneal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret, pubmed-meshheading:19147513-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
RET/PTC rearrangement occurring in primary peritoneal carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Histopathology, Trinity College Medical School, Dublin, Ireland. flavinr@tcd.ie
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article