Comprehensive genetic analysis identifies a pathognomonic NAB2/STAT6 fusion gene, nonrandom secondary genomic imbalances, and a characteristic gene expression profile in solitary fibrous tumor

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 873-886

  Mohajeri, Arezoo ^a   Tayebwa, Johnbosco ^a   Collin, Anna ^a   Nilsson, Jenny ^a   Magnusson, Linda ^a   von Steyern, Fredrik Vult ^b   Brosjö, Otte ^c   Domanski, Henryk A ^a   Larsson, Olle ^c   Sciot, Raf ^d   Debiec Rychter, Maria ^d   Hornick, Jason L ^e   Mandahl, Nils ^a   Nord, Karolin H ^a   Mertens, Fredrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

And the Medical Faculty of Lund University; The Gunnar Nilsson Cancer Foundation; The IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg Foundation; The National Research Council of Sweden; The Swedish Cancer Foundation; The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation

Indexed keywords

COREPRESSOR PROTEIN; DNA; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; STAT6 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; TISSUE MICROARRAY; UPREGULATION;

AND THE MEDICAL FACULTY OF LUND UNIVERSITY; THE GUNNAR NILSSON CANCER FOUNDATION; THE INGABRITT AND ARNE LUNDBERG FOUNDATION; THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF SWEDEN; THE SWEDISH CANCER FOUNDATION; THE SWEDISH CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMORS; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883055136     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: 10982264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gcc.22083     Document Type: Article

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