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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-8-3
pubmed:abstractText
The BRCA1 gene on chromosome 17q21 is responsible for an autosomal dominant syndrome of increased susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer but no somatic mutations in tumours have yet been described. To study the potential role of BRCA1 in sporadic carcinogenesis, we analysed the genomic DNA of tumour and normal fractions of 47 ovarian cancers for mutations in BRCA1 using the single-strand conformation polymorphism technique. We now describe somatic mutations in the DNA of four tumours which also had loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at a BRCA1 intragenic marker. Our data support a tumour suppressor mechanism for BRCA1; somatic mutations and LOH may result in inactivation of BRCA1 in at least a small number of ovarian cancers.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1061-4036
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:geneSymbol
BRCA1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
439-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Genes, Dominant, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Oncogenes, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7795652-Polymorphism, Genetic
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Somatic mutations in the BRCA1 gene in sporadic ovarian tumours.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School 48109, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't