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UI - 11642725
AU - Cavallotti I; De Luca L; D'Aponte A; De Falco M; Acanfora F; Visciano
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ML; Gualdiero L; De Luca B; Baldi A; De Luca A
Expression of the retinoblastoma-related p107 and Rb2/p130 genes in
human placenta: an immunohistochemical study.
SO - Histol Histopathol 2001 Oct;16(4):1057-60
AD - Institute of Topographical Anatomy, School of Medicine, Second
University of Naples, Italy.
It has been proposed that tumor suppressor genes may have a role in the
mechanisms of proliferation and differentiation during human placental
development. The Retinoblastoma gene family is a well known family of
tumor suppressor genes. Many studies have pointed out a role of this
family not only in cell cycle progression, but also during development
and differentiation. On the light of these observations we have
investigated the immunohistochemical expression pattern of the
Retinoblastoma family members, p107 and Rb2/p130 in human placenta
samples in first trimester and full-term placental sections. p107 and
pRb2/p130 showed the most abundant expression levels during the first
trimester of gestation and progressively declined to being barely
detectable in the placenta by late gestation. These results indicate
that the expression of the above genes is modulated during placental
development and suggest a mechanism for controlling trophoblast
proliferation.
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UI - 11801265
AU - Finger PT; Harbour JW; Karcioglu ZA
TI -
Risk factors for metastasis in retinoblastoma.
SO - Surv Ophthalmol 2002 Jan-Feb;47(1):1-16
AD - The New York Eye Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Children with retinoblastoma typically survive their cancer due to
advances in early diagnosis and treatment. Despite this success, risk
factors persist for metastasis that are thought to be related to patient
age, sex, laterality, treatment, genetics, histopathology, and
extraocular extension. This review has found that invasion of the uvea,
orbit, and optic nerve continue to be the most important predictors of
metastatic retinoblastoma. Bilaterality and delays in diagnosis are also
important factors. We examine molecular and genetic studies that offer
the potential of predicting which tumors are likely to metastasize,
which will recur within the eye, and which will undergo senescence. In
this review, we describe which clinical evaluations, genetic studies,
and histopathologic evaluations of retrieved specimens are currently
used widely. This review has been performed to help those caring for
patients with retinoblastoma and to aid informed consent.
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UI - 11861365
AU - Chen D; Pajovic S; Duckett A; Brown VD; Squire JA; Gallie BL
TI -
Genomic amplification in retinoblastoma narrowed to 0.6 megabase on
chromosome 6p containing a kinesin-like gene, RBKIN.
SO - Cancer Res 2002 Feb 15;62(4):967-71
AD - Division of Cancer Informatics, Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess
Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, M5G 2M9 Canada.
All retinoblastomas (RBs) show genomic changes in addition to loss of
both RB1 alleles. Quantitative-multiplex PCR analysis identified in 41
of 70 (59%) RBs a 0.6-Mb minimal region of chromosome 6p22 gain from
which we cloned the human kinesin gene, RBKIN/KIF13A, by rapid
amplification of retinal cDNA. RBKIN is expressed ubiquitously in adult
tissues, at low levels in fetal tissues, and at high levels in RB.
Antisense RBKIN oligonucleotide reduced the growth rate of RB cell
lines. RBKIN and/or another closely linked gene are candidate oncogenes
contributing to malignant progression of RB.
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