Article
D-loop somatic mutations and ∼5 kb "common" deletion in mitochondrial DNA: important molecular markers to distinguish oral precancer and cancer.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Apr 2015
Datta Sayantan, Chattopadhyay Esita, Ray Jay Gopal, Majumder Mousumi, Roy Puspita Das, Roy Bidyut
Abstract excerpt
Apart from genomic DNA, mutations at mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been hypothesized to play vital roles in cancer development. In this study, ∼5 kb deletion and D-loop mutations in mtDNA and alteration in mtDNA content were investigated in buccal smears from 104 healthy controls and 74 leukoplakia and 117 cancer tissue samples using Taqman-based quantitative assay and re-sequencing. The ∼5 kb deletion in mtDNA...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Female
- Humans
- Leukoplakia, Oral
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mouth Neoplasms
