title: Cytogenetic analysis of head and neck carcinomas.
abstract: Ten primary squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) of the head and neck were evaluated cytogenetically after 10-14 days of in vitro culture. Addition of 3% L-glutamine was essential for consistent epithelial growth of these carcinomas. Outgrowth of cells from tissue explants contained a mixture of chromosomally normal and abnormal cells; the abnormal cells had extensive changes including translocations, marker chromosomes, inversions, deletions, and duplications. In addition, all carcinomas contained cells with pulverization and double minute chromosomes (dmin). Chromosomes 11, 13, and 14 had "hotspots" of rearrangements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Zaslav
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stamberg
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abramson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002882:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D005260:Female; D005973:Glutamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D005973:Glutamine