title: PCOLCE deletion and expression analyses in uterine leiomyomata.
abstract: Uterine leiomyomata (UL) are benign tumors affecting many women of reproductive age. Cytogenetic studies have indicated that a significant percentage of leiomyomata have chromosomal rearrangements, including those involving the long arm of chromosome 7. Several candidate genes that map to chromosome 7 have been studied for possible roles in the pathogenesis of these tumors. PCOLCE, a gene whose product is involved in the cleavage of type I procollagen C-propeptide, has been mapped to the critical interval on chromosome 7, band q22. Here we evaluate by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and fluorescence in situ hybridization the expression and deletion status of PCOLCE in a series of karyotyped uterine leiomyomata.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Azra H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Ligon
authors.forename: Ian C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahara
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Greenspan
authors.forename: Cynthia C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Morton
mesh_terms: D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; C491555:PCOLCE protein, human; D012333:RNA, Messenger