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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-11-12
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Sixty-three non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLCs) and 20 small cell lung carcinomas (SCLCs) were examined for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on chromosome 2. Fifteen highly polymorphic dinucleotide markers spanning both the short and long arms of chromosome 2 were selected for a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based fine mapping. They included a DNA marker localized in the homozygously deleted region at 2q33, which we previously identified in an SCLC cell line. LOH on chromosome arm 2q was detected in 23/63 (37%) of NSCLC and 6/20 (30%) of SCLC, while LOH on 2p was observed in 14/56 (25%) and 4/17 (24%), respectively. There were two commonly deleted regions mapped to 2q32-q37 and 2p16-pter, and the homozygously deleted region at 2q33 was in the commonly deleted region on 2q. In NSCLC, the incidence of LOH on 2p and 2q was significantly higher in brain metastases than in primary tumors (P = 0.005 and 0.001, respectively). In addition, LOH on chromosome arm 2q occurred more frequently in moderately/poorly differentiated tumors than in well-differentiated tumors (P = 0.046). These results suggested that inactivation of tumor suppressor genes on chromosome 2 is involved in the phenotypic alterations of NSCLC cells into more aggressive ones.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1045-2257
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Deletion mapping of chromosome 2 in human lung carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Biology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't