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. 1999 Apr;52(2):64-7.
doi: 10.1136/mp.52.2.64.

Malignant fibrous histiocytomas and H-ras-1 oncogene point mutations

P Rieske  1 , J Bartkowiak, A Szadowska, M Debiec-Rychter
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Malignant fibrous histiocytomas and H-ras-1 oncogene point mutations

P Rieske et al. Mol Pathol. 1999 Apr.

Abstract

Aims: To investigate the types and the frequencies of H-ras-1 gene mutations in malignant fibrous histiocytomas.

Methods: Thirty five samples of malignant fibrous histiocytoma tissue were searched for point mutations within "hot spot" codons 12 and 13 of the H-ras-1 oncogene by the specific "nested" polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and a direct cycle sequencing procedure.

Results: In contrast to previous reports, none of the tumours contained a point mutation or any other changes within or around the hot spot gene sequences.

Conclusions: These data indicate that H-ras-1 oncogenic activation is not required in the molecular pathway of malignant fibrous histiocytoma formation and cannot be used as a discriminating factor for diagnostic sarcoma typing.

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