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Frequent inactivation of CDKN2A and rare mutation of TP53 in PCNSL.
Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) - 1 Apr 1998
Cobbers J M, Wolter M, Reifenberger J, Ring G U, Jessen F, An H X, Niederacher D, Schmidt E E, Ichimura K, Floeth F, Kirsch L, Borchard F, Louis D N, Collins V P, Reifenberger G
Abstract excerpt
Twenty primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSL) from immunocompetent patients (nineteen B-cell lymphomas and one T-cell lymphoma) were investigated for genetic alterations and/or expression of the genes BCL2, CCND1, CDK4, CDKN1A, CDKN2A, MDM2, MYC, RB1, REL, and TP53. The gene found to be altered most frequently was CDKN2A. Eight tumors (40%) showed homozygous and two tumors (10%) hemizygous CDKN2A...
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