Publication Date:
1982-09-03
Description:
Cytogenic studies were performed on the direct chromosome preparations of the renal cell carcinoma cells and the cultured peripheral blood lymphocytes of a patient with familial renal cell carcinoma. The results revealed a specific, acquired translocations (3p;11p) present in the majority of metaphases of the tumor, indicating that the development of renal cell carcinoma is associated with a deletion in the proximal end of 3p. Renal cell carcinoma is thus the third example--the first two being retinoblastoma and Wilms' tumor--of a chromosomal deletion occurring germinally or somatically in association with a specific tumor. This finding adds further support to the existence of specific human cancer genes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pathak, S -- Strong, L C -- Ferrell, R E -- Trindade, A -- CA 27925/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1982 Sep 3;217(4563):939-41.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7112106" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adenocarcinoma/*genetics
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Adult
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Chromosome Banding
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Chromosomes, Human, 1-3/*ultrastructure
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Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X/*ultrastructure
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Female
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Humans
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Karyotyping
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Kidney Neoplasms/*genetics
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Lymphocytes/ultrastructure
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Male
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Pedigree
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*Translocation, Genetic
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
