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ArticleBritish journal of cancer1998

Evaluation of FHIT gene alterations in ovarian cancer.

F Buttitta, A Marchetti, O Radi, G Bertacca, S Pellegrini, A Gadducci, A R Genazzani, G Bevilacqua

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Article in British journal of cancer, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

F ButtittaDepartment of Oncology, University of Pisa, Italy.
A Marchetti
O Radi
G Bertacca
S Pellegrini
A Gadducci
A R Genazzani
G Bevilacqua
University of Pisa · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The FHIT gene, recently cloned and mapped on chromosome 3p14.2, has frequently been found to be abnormal in several established cancer cell lines and primary tumours. As alterations of chromosome 3p are common events in ovarian cancers with breakpoint sites at 3p14.2, we decided to investigate the role of FHIT in human ovarian tumorigenesis. Fifty-four primary ovarian carcinomas were studied by reverse transcription of FHIT mRNA followed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and sequencing of products. The same tumours and matched normal tissues were also investigated for loss of heterozygosity using three microsatellite markers located inside the gene. We found an abnormal transcript of the FHIT gene in two cases (4%) and allelic losses in eight cases (15%). Twelve (22%) of the 54 tumours investigated belonged to young patients with a family history of breast/ovarian cancer. In none of these cases was the FHITgene found to be altered. Our results indicate that FHITplays a role in a small proportion of ovarian carcinomas.

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Acid Anhydride HydrolasesGene DeletionNeoplasm ProteinsAdolescentAdultBis(5'-adenosyl)triphosphataseChildChild, PreschoolChromosomes, Human, Pair 3ExonsFemaleGenes, Tumor SuppressorHumansMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm StagingAcid Anhydride HydrolasesBis(5'-adenosyl)triphosphataseNeoplasm ProteinsProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, Neoplasm

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PMID9569038
PMCPMC2150139
OpenAlexW2054671136

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