title: Genomic imprinting and carcinogenesis.
abstract: Genomic imprinting might play an important part in the development of several tumours. It is suggested that in Wilms' tumorigenesis, imprinting normally renders inactive a transforming gene on the maternally derived chromosome 11, leaving intact the paternally inherited chromosome 11 and the Wilms' transforming gene that it carries. A similar mechanism might account for the inheritance patterns of other tumours.
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics*; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D013489:Suppression, Genetic; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000235:genetics*