Article
Variant EWS-WT1 chimeric product in the desmoplastic small round cell tumor.
Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society - 1 Jan 2000
Chan A S, MacNeill S, Thorner P, Squire J, Zielenska M
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome translocations found in neoplasms often result in the creation of hybrid genes encoding chimeric proteins. Desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is a recently described aggressive malignancy associated with a unique chromosomal translocation t(11;22)(p13;q12). This translocation...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Carcinoma, Small Cell
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Pancreatic Neoplasms
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins
- Translocation, Genetic
