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Molecular study of a new family with hereditary renal cell carcinoma and a translocation t(3;8)(p13;q24.1).
Human genetics - 1 Feb 2003
Meléndez Bárbara, Rodríguez-Perales Sandra, Martínez-Delgado Beatriz, Otero Ignacio, Robledo Mercedes, Martínez-Ramírez Angel, Ruiz-Llorente Sergio, Urioste Miguel, Cigudosa Juan Cruz, Benítez Javier
Abstract excerpt
An alternative model has been proposed for the development of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in families where chromosome 3 translocations segregate with the disease. In this model, the existence of a translocation involving chromosome 3 would favour the non-disjunctional loss of the derivative chromosome carrying the 3p segment. Additionally, subsequent somatic mutations in the VLH gene, located in...
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