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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5943
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-21
pubmed:abstractText
Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare pediatric lung tumor that is often part of an inherited cancer syndrome. PPBs consist of mesenchymal cells that are susceptible to malignant transformation and cysts lined by epithelial cells. In a subset of patients, overgrowth of the cysts by mesenchymal cells leads to sarcoma formation. Here, we show that 11 multiplex PPB families harbor heterozygous germline mutations in DICER1, a gene encoding an endoribonuclease critical to the generation of small noncoding regulatory RNAs. Expression of DICER1 protein was undetectable in the epithelial component of PPB tumors but was retained in the malignant mesenchyme (sarcoma). We hypothesize that loss of DICER1 in the epithelium of the developing lung alters the regulation of diffusible factors that promote mesenchymal proliferation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
325
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
965
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
DICER1 mutations in familial pleuropulmonary blastoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. dashill@cnmc.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article