Article
Ultraviolet-induced p53 mutations in atypical fibroxanthoma.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Jul 1994
Dei Tos A P, Maestro R, Doglioni C, Gasparotto D, Boiocchi M, Laurino L, Fletcher C D
Abstract excerpt
Atypical fibroxanthoma (AFX) is an uncommon neoplasm of the superficial soft tissue occurring in actinically damaged skin of elderly patients. Sun-exposed skin also represents the main site of squamous and basal cell carcinomas and malignant melanoma, and a key role for ultraviolet (UV) radiation in their pathogenesis has long been suspected. UV-related mutations of the p53 gene have been identified in human skin...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Genes, p53
- Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Skin Neoplasms
- Ultraviolet Rays
