Article
Characterization of amplicons in neuroblastoma: high-resolution mapping using DNA microarrays, relationship with outcome, and identification of overexpressed genes.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Oct 2008
Fix Anne, Lucchesi Carlo, Ribeiro Agnès, Lequin Delphine, Pierron Gaëlle, Schleiermacher Gudrun, Delattre Olivier, Janoueix-Lerosey Isabelle
Abstract excerpt
Somatically acquired chromosomal imbalances are a key feature of neuroblastoma, a heterogeneous pediatric solid tumor. Among these alterations, genomic amplification targeting the MYCN oncogene and observed in about 25-30% of the cases, strongly correlates with advanced stage and poor outcome. In this work, we have used BAC and SNP arrays as well as gene expression arrays to characterize amplifications in...
Topics
- Child
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial
- Chromosomes, Human
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Gene Amplification
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
