title: High frequency of loss of heterozygosity for 1p35-p36 (D1S247) in Wilms tumor.
abstract: We analyzed the loss of heterozygosity (LOH) for 1p in 18 Wilms tumors using a panel of 11 polymorphic markers. Loss of heterozygosity was identified in 56% of the tumors. The smallest region of overlap was defined for marker D1S247, underlying the 1p35-1p36.1 locus. This is the highest LOH frequency for 1p, or for the well-defined 11p13 and 11p15.5 loci. Based on the fact that tumors of all stages, with both favorable and unfavorable histology, exhibited LOH, we suggest that the 1p35-1p36.1 locus is involved in the etiology of Wilms tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Freud
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ziperman
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goshen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ash
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zaizov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Avigad
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D019656:Loss of Heterozygosity; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology