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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
Using in vitro gene amplification by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and mutation detection by the RNAase A mismatch cleavage method, we have examined c-K-ras genes in human pancreatic carcinomas. We used frozen tumor specimens and single 5 micron sections from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor tissue surgically removed or obtained at autopsy. Twenty-one out of 22 carcinomas of the exocrine pancreas contained c-K-ras genes with mutations at codon 12. In seven cases tested, the mutation was present in both primary tumors and their corresponding metastases. No mutations were detected in normal tissue from the same cancer patients or in five gall bladder carcinomas. We conclude from these results that c-K-ras somatic mutational activation is a critical event in the oncogenesis of most, if not all, human cancers of the exocrine pancreas.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
549-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Codon, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Colonic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Gallbladder Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Gene Amplification, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Genes, ras, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Male, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Pancreatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Ribonuclease, Pancreatic, pubmed-meshheading:2453289-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Most human carcinomas of the exocrine pancreas contain mutant c-K-ras genes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't