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Ming Zhang1, Yuxuan Wang1, Sian Jones2, Mark Sausen2, Kevin McMahon1, Rajni Sharma3, Qing Wang1, Allan J Belzberg4, Kaisorn Chaichana4, Gary L Gallia4, Ziya L Gokaslan4, Greg J Riggins4, Jean-Paul Wolinksy4, Laura D Wood3, Elizabeth A Montgomery3, Ralph H Hruban3, Kenneth W Kinzler1, Nickolas Papadopoulos1, Bert Vogelstein1, Chetan Bettegowda5.
Abstract
Neurofibromatosis 1 is a hereditary syndrome characterized by the development of numerous benign neurofibromas, a small subset of which progress to malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs). To better understand the genetic basis for MPNSTs, we performed genome-wide or targeted sequencing on 50 cases. Sixteen MPNSTs but none of the neurofibromas tested were found to have somatic mutations in SUZ12, implicating it as having a central role in malignant transformation.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25305755 PMCID: PMC4383254 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3116
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN: 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330