Article
Analysis of the DCC tumor suppressor gene in testicular germ cell tumors: mutations and loss of expression.
The Journal of urology - 1 May 1997
Strohmeyer D, Langenhof S, Ackermann R, Hartmann M, Strohmeyer T, Schmidt B
Abstract excerpt
Inactivation of the DCC (Deleted in Colon Carcinoma) tumor suppressor gene by allelic loss and/or reduced expression is associated with the development of colon cancer, gliomas, gastric and prostatic malignancies. In a total cohort of 51 testicular germ cell tumors (GCT) of different histologies...
Topics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, DCC
- Germinoma
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- RNA, Messenger
- Testicular Neoplasms
