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. 1991 Oct;82(10):1097-103.
doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1991.tb01763.x.

Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 1p in thyroid adenoma and medullary carcinoma, but not in papillary carcinoma

K Kubo  1 , K Yoshimoto, Y Yokogoshi, M Tsuyuguchi, S Saito
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Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 1p in thyroid adenoma and medullary carcinoma, but not in papillary carcinoma

K Kubo et al. Jpn J Cancer Res. 1991 Oct.

Abstract

We analyzed 53 loci on 21 chromosomes other than chromosome 4 to detect possible loss of heterozygosity in 31 thyroid tumors using polymorphic DNA markers that detect allelic deletions at specific chromosomal loci. Loss of heterozygosity on chromosomes 1, 7 and 12 was detected in one follicular thyroid adenoma, and on chromosome 1 in two medullary thyroid carcinomas. However, no loss of heterozygosity was detected at any of the loci examined in papillary thyroid carcinomas. These results suggest that chromosomal loss detected in thyroid adenoma is one of the signals for risk of premalignant transformation, and that inactivation of unknown genes on chromosome 1p contributes to tumorigenesis of medullary thyroid carcinoma. Some genetic changes other than chromosomal losses may participate in the tumorigenesis of papillary thyroid carcinoma.

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