Fanconi Anemia Gene Mutations Are Not Involved in Sporadic Wilms Tumor

Muriel A. Adank, Heidi Segers, Saskia E. van Mil, Yvette M. van Helsdingen, Najim Ameziane, Ans M. W. van den Ouweland, Anja Wagner, Hanne Meijers-Heijboer, Marcel Kool, Jan de Kraker, Quinten Waisfisz, Marry M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink

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Abstract

Bi-allelic germline mutations of the Fancom anemia (FA) genes, PALB2/FANCN and BRCA2/FANCD1, have been reported in a few Wilms tumor (WT) patients with an atypical FA phenotype Therefore, we screened a random cohort of 47 Dutch WT cases for germline mutations in these two FA-genes by DNA sequencing and Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA) Although several cases appeared to carry missense variants, no bi-allelic pathogenic mutations were identified, indicating that hi-allelic mutations in these FA-genes do not contribute significantly to the occurrence of WT Pediatr Blood Cancer 2010,55 742-744 (c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)742-744
JournalPediatric blood & cancer
Volume55
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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