Publication Date:
1987-08-28
Description:
Li-Fraumeni syndrome is manifested in a variety of neoplasms that are transmitted in a dominantly inherited pattern. The noncancerous skin fibroblasts of family members exhibit a unique characteristic of being resistant to the killing effect of ionizing radiation. A three- to eightfold elevation in expression of c-myc and an apparent activation of c-raf-1 gene have been observed in these noncancerous skin fibroblasts. These results may provide insight into the heritable defect underlying the familial predisposition to a variety of cancers.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chang, E H -- Pirollo, K F -- Zou, Z Q -- Cheung, H Y -- Lawler, E L -- Garner, R -- White, E -- Bernstein, W B -- Fraumeni, J W Jr -- Blattner, W A -- CA45158/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CO7488/CO/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Aug 28;237(4818):1036-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3616624" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/radiation effects
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Cells, Cultured
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Fibroblasts/*radiation effects
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Humans
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Mice
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Mice, Nude
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Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary/*genetics
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Oncogenes/*radiation effects
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Pedigree
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*Radiation Tolerance
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Skin/cytology/*radiation effects
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Syndrome
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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