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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-3-9
pubmed:abstractText
The association of complete hydatidiform mole with choriocarcinoma has long been recognized, but it is unknown whether the pathogenesis of the two are identical. We investigated the pathogenesis of these trophoblastic tumors by analyzing restriction fragment length polymorphisms using a minisatellite DNA probe to choriocarcinoma, the complete mole, and normal trophoblasts as well as the parental cells. The polymorphic fragments of the complete mole were all transmitted from the paternal DNA, but some polymorphic fragments of the paternal DNA were not recognized in the complete mole. This confirms at a molecular level the androgenetic origin of the complete mole. In some cases of choriocarcinoma, the pattern of inheritance of restriction fragment length polymorphisms was the same as that in the complete mole, whereas in others all the polymorphic fragments in tumor tissues were identical to those in the host DNA. These results suggest that the pathogenesis of choriocarcinoma varies, being completely different from that of the complete hydatidiform mole in some cases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
488-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Studies on the pathogenesis of choriocarcinoma by analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphisms.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't