| Literature DB >> 11152629 |
G A Flouris1, D A Arvanitis, J T Parissis, D L Arvanitis, D A Spandidos.
Abstract
To detect the incidence of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in DNA mismatch repair genes (MMR) occurring in atherosclerosis, fifty human autopsy cases of atherosclerosis were examined for LOH using 19 microsatellite markers, in three single and four tetraplex microsatellite assays. The markers used are located on or close to MMR genes. Fourteen specimens (28%) showed allelic imbalance in at least one locus. Loci hMSH2 (2p22.3-p16.1), hPMS1 (2q24.1-q32.1), and hMLH1 (3p21.32-p21.1) exhibited LOH (10, 10, and 12% respectively). We found that loss of heterozygosity on hMSH2, hPMS1, and hMLH1, occurs in atherosclerosis. The occurrence of such genomic alterations may represent important events in the development of atherosclerosis. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID： 11152629 DOI： 10.1006/mcbr.2000.0255
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Biol Res Commun ISSN： 1522-4724