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ArticleBMC cancer2012

Li-Fraumeni-like syndrome associated with a large BRCA1 intragenic deletion.

Amanda Gonçalves Silva, Ingrid Petroni Ewald, Marina Sapienza, Manuela Pinheiro, Ana Peixoto, Amanda França de Nóbrega, Dirce M Carraro, Manuel R Teixeira, Patricia Ashton-Prolla, Maria Isabel W Achatz and 2 more

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Article in BMC cancer, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Amanda Gonçalves SilvaInternational Center for Research and Training, A. C. Camargo Cancer Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
Ingrid Petroni Ewald
Marina Sapienza
Manuela Pinheiro
Ana Peixoto
Amanda França de Nóbrega
Dirce M Carraro
Manuel R Teixeira
Patricia Ashton-Prolla
Maria Isabel W Achatz
Carla Rosenberg
Ana C V Krepischi
Hospital São Paulo · BRInstituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil · PTAC Camargo Hospital · BRUniversidade de São Paulo · BRHospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLi-Fraumeni (LFS) and Li-Fraumeni-like (LFL) syndromes are associated to germline TP53 mutations, and are characterized by the development of central nervous system tumors, sarcomas, adrenocortical carcinomas, and other early-onset tumors. Due to the high frequency of breast cancer in LFS/LFL families, these syndromes clinically overlap with hereditary breast cancer (HBC). Germline point mutations in BRCA1, BRCA2, and TP53 genes are associated with high risk of breast cancer. Large rearrangements involving these genes are also implicated in the HBC phenotype.

methodsWe have screened DNA copy number changes by MLPA on BRCA1, BRCA2, and TP53 genes in 23 breast cancer patients with a clinical diagnosis consistent with LFS/LFL; most of these families also met the clinical criteria for other HBC syndromes.

resultsWe found no DNA copy number alterations in the BRCA2 and TP53 genes, but we detected in one patient a 36.4 Kb BRCA1 microdeletion, confirmed and further mapped by array-CGH, encompassing exons 9-19. Breakpoints sequencing analysis suggests that this rearrangement was mediated by flanking Alu sequences.

conclusionThis is the first description of a germline intragenic BRCA1 deletion in a breast cancer patient with a family history consistent with both LFL and HBC syndromes. Our results show that large rearrangements in these known cancer predisposition genes occur, but are not a frequent cause of cancer susceptibility.

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Gene DeletionGenes, BRCA1AdultBRCA1 ProteinBreast NeoplasmsChromosome AberrationsChromosome MappingDNA Copy Number VariationsFemaleHumansLi-Fraumeni SyndromeMiddle AgedPedigreeBRCA1 ProteinBRCA1 protein, human

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PMID22691290
PMCPMC3502571
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