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Positive selection for new disease mutations in the human germline: evidence from the heritable cancer syndrome multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Genetics, 2012
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B (MEN2B) is a highly aggressive thyroid cancer syndrome. Since almost all sporadic cases are caused by the same nucleotide substitution in the RET proto-oncogene, the calculated disease incidence is 100-200 times ...
Soo-Kyung Choi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Mutationathon highlights the importance of reaching standardization in estimates of pedigree-based germline mutation rates

open access: yeseLife, 2022
In the past decade, several studies have estimated the human per-generation germline mutation rate using large pedigrees. More recently, estimates for various nonhuman species have been published.
Lucie A Bergeron   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Defending the genome from the enemy within:mechanisms of retrotransposon suppression in the mouse germline [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The viability of any species requires that the genome is kept stable as it is transmitted from generation to generation by the germ cells. One of the challenges to transgenerational genome stability is the potential mutagenic activity of transposable ...
Richard R. Meehan   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Association of MC1R Variants and host phenotypes with melanoma risk in CDKN2A mutation carriers: a GenoMEL study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
<p><b>Background</b> Carrying the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A) germline mutations is associated with a high risk for melanoma. Penetrance of CDKN2A mutations is modified by pigmentation characteristics, nevus phenotypes,
Pastorino, L.   +274 more
core   +1 more source

Germline mutation rate predicts cancer mortality across 37 vertebrate species. [PDF]

open access: yesEvol Med Public Health
International audienceAbstract Background and objectives Cancer develops across nearly every species. However, cancer occurs at unexpected and widely different rates throughout the animal kingdom.
Kapsetaki SE   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Case report: Two sisters with a germline CHEK2 variant and distinct endocrine neoplasias

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
Genetic testing has become the standard of care for many disease states. As a result, physicians treating patients who have tumors often rely on germline genetic testing results for making clinical decisions.
Raphaelle D. Vallera   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Germline Elongator mutations in Sonic Hedgehog medulloblastoma [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 2020
Cancer genomics has revealed many genes and core molecular processes that contribute to human malignancies, but the genetic and molecular bases of many rare cancers remains unclear. Genetic predisposition accounts for 5 to 10% of cancer diagnoses in children1,2, and genetic events that cooperate with known somatic driver events are poorly understood ...
Sebastian M. Waszak   +62 more
openaire   +8 more sources

A de novo germline mutation in MYH7 causes a progressive dominant myopathy in pigs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
BACKGROUND About 9% of the offspring of a clinically healthy Piétrain boar named 'Campus' showed a progressive postural tremor called Campus syndrome (CPS). Extensive backcross experiments suggested a dominant mode of inheritance, and the founder boar
Tammen, Imke   +7 more
core   +1 more source

European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Loss of heterozygosity is present in SEC63 germline carriers with polycystic liver disease. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
Polycystic liver disease (PCLD) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterised by multiple fluid filled cysts in the liver. This rare disease is caused by heterozygous germline mutations in PRKCSH and SEC63.
Manoe J Janssen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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