Study
RB1 Gene Inactivation by Chromothripsis in Human Retinoblastoma
Study ID | Alternative Stable ID | Type |
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EGAS00001000598 | Other |
Study Description
Retinoblastoma is a rare childhood cancer of the developing retina. Most retinoblastomas initiate with biallelic inactivation of the RB1 gene through diverse mechanisms including point mutations, nucleotide insertions, deletions, loss of heterozygosity and promoter hypermethylation. Recently, a novel mechanism of retinoblastoma initiation was proposed. Gallie and colleagues discovered that a small proportion of retinoblastomas lack RB1 mutations and had MYCN amplification [1]. In this study, we identified recurrent chromosomal, regional and focal genomic lesions in 94 primary retinoblastomas with their matched normal DNA using SNP 6.0 chips. We also analyzed the RB1 gene mutations and compared the mechanism of RB1 inactivation to the recurrent copy number variations in the retinoblastoma genome. In addition to the previously described focal amplification of MYCN and deletions in RB1 and BCOR, we also identified recurrent focal amplification of OTX2, a transcription factor required for retinal photoreceptor development. We identified 10 retinoblastomas in our cohort that lacked RB1 ... (Show More)
Study Datasets 2 datasets.
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Dataset ID | Description | Technology | Samples |
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EGAD00001001045 |
DATA FILES FOR SJRB
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Illumina HiSeq 2000 | 20 |
EGAD00001001432 |
PCGP Germline Study Whole Genome Sequencing
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Illumina HiSeq 2000 | 1337 |
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