Article
Inactivation of tumor suppressor genes, p53 and Rb1, in plasma cell dyscrasias.
Leukemia - 1 May 1994
Corradini P, Inghirami G, Astolfi M, Ladetto M, Voena C, Ballerini P, Gu W, Nilsson K, Knowles D M, Boccadoro M
Abstract excerpt
The role of loss or inactivation of the retinoblastoma (Rb1) and p53 tumor suppressor genes in the pathogenesis of various human malignancies has been well established, yet little is known regarding plasma cell dyscrasias. In the present study, the loss of Rb1 protein expression, and the presence...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genes, Retinoblastoma
- Genes, p53
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Leukemia, Plasma Cell
