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18q21 LOH

Thursday 5 January 2006

Tumors (Exemples)

 colorectal adenocarcinoma
 clear cell renal cell carcinoma (19%)
 pulmonary carcinomas (lung cancer)

Target region

 18q21.3 (18q21 LOH)

  • candidate gene: DCC, SMAD4

Candidate genes

 DCC at 18q21
 SMAD4 at 18q21

See also

 loss of heterozygosity (LOH)
 inactivation of tumor suppressor genes