| Autor: |
Jang JH; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea., Lee JE, Kwon MJ, Ki CS, Kim JW, Nam SJ, Yang JH |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of human genetics [J Hum Genet] 2012 Mar; Vol. 57 (3), pp. 212-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Jan 05. |
| DOI: |
10.1038/jhg.2011.139 |
| Abstrakt: |
The frequencies and spectra of germline mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes vary among populations. In the present study, the mutation spectra of the BRCA1/BRCA2 genes in Korean breast cancer patients were investigated using whole-gene sequencing method. A total of 134 unrelated Korean breast cancer patients who were identified as being at high risk of carrying BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations were included. PCR amplification and direct sequencing were performed covering all exons and flanking intronic sequences of the BRCA1/BRCA2 genes. A total of 26 mutations were detected in 31 of 134 patients (23.1%). The mutation detection rate in the present study is higher than those of previous studies using screening methods (2.5-11.3%) and similar to that of a recent study, which used whole-gene sequencing (21.2%). The BRCA2: c.7480C>T mutation, which has been suggested to be a founder mutation in Koreans, was detected in only one patient. Five mutations were recurrent but observed in no more than two patients. Given that the mutation detection rates using whole-gene sequencing were much higher than for screening methods and that there were no consistent observations of founder mutations, whole-gene sequencing of both BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes should be the method of choice to identify mutations in high-risk Korean patients. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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