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- Title
Linkage Analysis in Families with Recurrent Neuroblastoma.
- Authors
PERRI, PATRIZIA; LONGO, LUCA; McCONVILLE, CARMEL; CUSANO, ROBERTO; REES, SALLY A.; SERI, MARCO; CONTE, MASSIMO; ROMEO, GIOVANNI; DEVOTO, MARCELLA; TONINI, GIAN PAOLO
- Abstract
A bstract: Neuroblastoma is a neural crest-derived tumor of childhood with a serious prognosis; only 20% of patients with stage 4 disease survive 5 years from diagnosis. Mechanisms involved in neuroblastoma development are unclear, but the engagement of many neuroblastoma-related gene(s) is suggested by specific chromosomal alterations. Most prominent among these is the amplification of the MYCN oncogene and the deletion of the 1p36 region. Other genetic aberrations have been discovered over the years such as deletions of 11q and 14q and gain of 17q. Although tumor aggressiveness greatly depends on the most frequent genetic abnormalities, to date no neuroblastoma-related gene has been discovered. Neuroblastoma usually occurs sporadically, but 1.5% of all diagnosed cases show familial recurrence with an autosomal dominant inheritance and incomplete penetrance. A comparison between hereditary and sporadic neuroblastomas led Knudson and Strong to gather that the two-hit hypothesis, proposed for retinoblastoma, could be applied to neuroblastoma. To determine if the 1p36 region harbors a predisposition gene for familial neuroblastoma, we carried out linkage analysis at 1p36 loci in two families with recurrent neuroblastoma. Similarly, we analyzed loci of chromosome 16, where a predisposition locus was recently mapped. We also analyzed markers located close to several candidate genes ( RET, NF1, GDNF, GFRA1, EDNRB, and EDN3) involved to a different extent in other neurocristopathies. Our findings indicate that the candidate chromosomal regions and genes analyzed are not in linkage with neuroblastoma.
- Publication
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2002, Vol 963, Issue 1, p74
- ISSN
0077-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04097.x