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Integrating the diagnosis of childhood malignancies

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Integrating the diagnosis of childhood malignancies

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dc.contributor.author Lopez-Terrada, Dolores
dc.date.accessioned 2013-06-24T10:34:38Z
dc.date.available 2013-06-24T10:34:38Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10550/28914
dc.description.abstract Significant progress has been made in understanding the molecular basis of pediatric malignancies. Mechanisms of pediatric acute leukemia induction include hyperdiploidy, aberrant expression of proto-oncogenes, and activation of transcription factors or kinases by aberrant fusion genes. Molecular analysis of these alterations has facilitated the recognition of distinct groups with different sensitivity to therapy, and identified potential targets for antileukemic agents. Similar analysis of pediatric soft tissue and bone tumors also resulted in the identification of specific fusion genes, and their characterization has contributed greatly to understand their biology. Molecular assays for these rearrangements have become important tools in classifying these tumors, providing important prognostic data. However, the understanding of mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of many other pediatric malignancies, including some embryonal tumors -believed to arise due to perturbation of the normal developmental program- is still vastly incomplete. The Department of Pathology at Texas Children’s Hospital is one of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) reference centers for pediatric liver tumors. We have been particularly interested in the biology of hepatoblastoma, the most common type of pediatric liver tumor. Although a number of cytogenetic and molecular abnormalities have been described for this type of embryonal tumor, its pathogenesis is still poorly understood. In an attempt to explore the role of different signaling pathways in this disease, we analyzed the expression patterns of different histologic subtypes of hepatoblastoma using cDNA microarray analysis, QRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. Wnt signaling pathway, critical both in development and in neoplasia, appears to be particularly relevant in these tumors. Mutations of the β-catenin gene are present in over 90% of hepatoblastomas, leading to activating transcription of a number of target genes. The pattern of β-catenin expression and type of mutation in groups of tumors are crucial to understand the corresponding differences in their gene expression profiles. Our findings are consistent with a relationship between poor histologic phenotype and β-catenin activation, indicating the potential utility of targeted gene expression assays to identify molecular events related to the pathogenesis and prognosis of hepatoblastomas. es_ES
dc.language.iso en es_ES
dc.title Integrating the diagnosis of childhood malignancies es_ES
dc.type lecture es_ES

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