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Frequent PVT1 rearrangement and novel chimeric genes PVT1-NBEA and PVT1-WWOX occur in multiple myeloma with 8q24 abnormality.
Cancer research - 1 Oct 2012
Nagoshi Hisao, Taki Tomohiko, Hanamura Ichiro, Nitta Masakazu, Otsuki Takemi, Nishida Kazuhiro, Okuda Keiko, Sakamoto Natsumi, Kobayashi Satoru, Yamamoto-Sugitani Mio, Tsutsumi Yasuhiko, Kobayashi Tsutomu, Matsumoto Yosuke, Horiike Shigeo, Kuroda Junya, Taniwaki Masafumi
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome 8q24 rearrangements are occasionally found in multiple myeloma and are associated with tumor progression. The 8q24 rearrangements were detected by FISH in 12 of 54 patients with multiple myeloma (22.2%) and in 8 of 11 multiple myeloma cell lines (72.7%). The breakpoints of 8q24 in 10 p...
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