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Rare variants in TP53 and susceptibility to neuroblastoma.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 1 Apr 2014
Diskin Sharon J, Capasso Mario, Diamond Maura, Oldridge Derek A, Conkrite Karina, Bosse Kristopher R, Russell Mike R, Iolascon Achille, Hakonarson Hakon, Devoto Marcella, Maris John M
Abstract excerpt
TP53 is the most frequently mutated gene in human malignancies; however, de novo somatic mutations in childhood embryonal cancers such as neuroblastoma are rare. We report on the analysis of three independent case-control cohorts comprising 10290 individuals and demonstrate that rs78378222 and rs35850753, rare germline variants in linkage disequilibrium that map to the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of TP53 and 5'...
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