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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
The Wilms tumour (WT1) gene was first localized through its deletion in individuals with the WAGR syndrome (Wilms tumour, aniridia, genitourinary abnormalities and mental retardation). Such individuals have a 30-50% lifetime risk of developing Wilms tumour and carry constitutional interstitial deletions of chromosome 11p13, including the WT1 gene. Second primary tumours occurring in such individuals might also be related to their genetic predisposition to cancer, as shown for hereditary retinoblastoma. We have found a mutation in the zinc finger region of the remaining WT1 allele in a case of acute myeloid leukaemia developing in a Wilms tumour survivor with the WAGR syndrome. This mutation would be predicted to disrupt DNA binding by this developmentally regulated transcription factor. This finding implicates the WT1 gene in the regulation of myelopoiesis and suggests that WT1 mutations may be found in some sporadic leukaemias.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0964-6906
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:geneSymbol
WT1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1633-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Abnormalities, Multiple, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Aniridia, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Bone Marrow, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Genes, Wilms Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Intellectual Disability, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Kidney Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Neoplasms, Second Primary, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Urogenital Abnormalities, pubmed-meshheading:7833922-Wilms Tumor
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
The Wilms tumour (WT1) gene is mutated in a secondary leukaemia in a WAGR patient.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Paediatrics, Institute of Cancer Research/Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't