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ArticleCancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.)2010

Mitochondrial DNA mutation in normal margins and tumors of recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients.

Santanu Dasgupta, Rachel Koch, William H Westra, Joseph A Califano, Patrick K Ha, David Sidransky, Wayne M Koch

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Article in Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Santanu DasguptaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 601 North Caroline Street, JHOC 6221, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Rachel Koch
William H Westra
Joseph A Califano
Patrick K Ha
David Sidransky
Wayne M Koch
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

GENETIC ALTERATIONS AS DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC BIOMARKR01DE013152 · NIDCR · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KOCH, WAYNE M · 1999 to 2013
$5.0M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE013152
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations were reported in primary head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients. However, very little information is available on the mtDNA mutation pattern in the histologically negative surgical margins and tumors of HNSCC patients who experienced tumor recurrence. The present study aimed at understanding the nature and timing of mtDNA mutation in histologically negative margins, and tumors in HNSCC patients who developed local recurrence during the follow-ups. The entire 16.5-kb mitochondrial genome was sequenced in matched normal lymphocytes, histologically normal margins, and tumors of 50 recurrent HNSCC patients. The mtDNA mutations were then compared with clinical parameters. Forty-eight percent (24 of 50) of patients harbored at least one somatic mtDNA mutation in the tumor, and a total of 37 somatic mtDNA mutations were detected. The mtDNA mutations were mostly heteroplasmic in nature and nucleotide transitions (A<-->G; T<-->C). Forty-six percent of the mutations (17 of 37) were detected in the tumors and were also detectable in the corresponding histologically normal margin of the patients. The mtDNA mutations involved both coding and noncoding regions of the mtDNA. The majority (9 of 17, 53%) of the noncoding mutations involved tRNAs. Seventy-five percent (15 of 20) of the coding mtDNA mutations were nonsynonymous in nature and mainly affected cytochrome c oxidase (Complex IV), frequently altered in different human mitochondrial diseases including cancer. Analysis of mtDNA mutation could be an invaluable tool for molecular assessment of histologically negative margins and as well for monitoring HNSCC patients with locoregional recurrences.

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MutationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, Squamous CellCase-Control StudiesDNA, MitochondrialDNA Mutational AnalysisGenome, MitochondrialHead and Neck NeoplasmsHealthHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalSurvival AnalysisDNA, Mitochondrial

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PMCPMC3040952
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