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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Ludger Klein-Hitpass
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-5222 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cancer research 20070101 1
In addition to RB1 gene mutations, retinoblastomas frequently show gains of 1q and 6p and losses of 16q. To identify suppressor genes on 16q, we analyzed 22 short tandem repeat loci in 58 patients with known RB1 mutations. A subset of tumors was also investigated by conventional and matrix comparative genomic hybridization. In 40 of 58 (69%) tumors, we found no loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at any 16q marker. LOH was detected in 18 of 58 (31%) tumors, including five with allelic imbalance at some ...[more]