TERT promoter mutations in periocular carcinomas: Implications of ultraviolet light in pathogenesis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 274-277

  Lin, Shih Yao ^a   Liao, Shu Lang ^b   Hong, Jin Bon ^b   Chu, Chia Yu ^b   Sheen, Yi Shuan ^b   Jhuang, Jie Yang ^a   Tsai, Jia Huei ^b,c   Liau, Jau Yu ^b,c  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TELOMERASE; TERT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; BOWENOID ACTINIC KERATOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CONJUNCTIVAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DNA EXTRACTION; ELASTOSIS; EYE CANCER; GENE MUTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIOCULAR CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOLAR ELASTOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TERT GENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EYELID TUMOR; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEBACEOUS GLAND TUMOR; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; EYELID NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEBACEOUS GLAND NEOPLASMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN AGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84956725927     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-307503     Document Type: Article

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