Mutation analysis of the c-mos proto-oncogene and the endothelin-B receptor gene in medullary thyroid carcinoma and phaeochromocytoma

被引:11
作者
Eng, C
Foster, KA
Healey, CS
Houghton, C
Gayther, SA
Mulligan, LM
Ponder, BAJ
机构
[1] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,CRC,HUMAN CANC GENET RES GRP,CAMBRIDGE CB2 2QQ,ENGLAND
[2] QUEENS UNIV,DEPT PATHOL,KINGSTON,ON K7L 3N6,CANADA
[3] QUEENS UNIV,DEPT PAEDIAT,KINGSTON,ON K7L 3N6,CANADA
关键词
MEN; 2; RET; c-mos; endothelin-B receptor; medullary thyroid carcinoma; phaeochromocytoma;
D O I
10.1038/bjc.1996.363
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
The characteristic tumours of MEN 2 are medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and phaeochromocytoma. Somatic RET mutations have been found in only 23-40% of sporadic IWTC and 10% of sporadic phaeochromocytomas. Thus, we sought other genes which may play a role in the pathogenesis of these tumours. We carried out direct sequence analysis of human c-mos and human ENRB in a series of sporadic MTC and phaeochromocytomas to determine if somatic mutations in these two genes could account for some of the sporadic MEN 2-related tumours in which no RET mutations are detected. No somatic mutations were found.
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页码:339 / 341
页数:3
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