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Title: Microsatellite instability at tetranucleotide repeats in skin and bladder cancer

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2002

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ISSN: 0950-9232

DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1205619

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PMID: 12118368

Abstract: Recently, a novel form of MSI has been described that occurs only at tetranucleotide repeat markers. This has been termed elevated microsatellite instability at selected tetranucleotide repeats (EMAST). EMAST has been related to alterations of the p53 gene, and to the nature of the repeat sequence. We initially tested whether loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at the p53 and the patched (ptch) genes was related to EMAST in a series of 61 non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) tumors. We then analysed a series of 57 primary bladder cancers for the presence of EMAST, testing whether this was related to mutation or expression of the p53 gene. In both NMSC and bladder tumors we found a high prevalence of EMAST (75.4 and 43.9%). In NMSC the prevalence of EMAST was higher in tumors that had either p53 or ptch LOH, although the difference was not statistically significant. There was a significant association of extensive EMAST (three or more loci) with mutations in p53 among the bladder cancer tumors, but no indication of elevated EMAST in tumors with abnormal p53 staining without mutation. The association of EMAST with p53 mutation was confined to non-invasive disease. Hence, EMAST likely reflects a particular pattern of somatic events that are interactive with p53 mutation, particularly common in skin cancer and limited to non-invasive disease in bladder cancer.

Url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12118368

Url: http://www.nature.com/articles/1205619

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Authors: Danaee, Hadi; Nelson, Heather H.; Karagas, Margaret R.; Schned, Alan R; Ashok, Tara Devi S; Hirao, Tomoko; Perry, Ann E.; Kelsey, Karl T

Periodical (Full): Oncogene

Issue: 32

Volume: 21

Pages: 4894-4899

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