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Analysis of large mutations in BARD1 in patients with breast and/or ovarian cancer: the Polish population as an example
- Source :
- Scientific Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Nature Publishing Group, 2015.
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Abstract
- Only approximately 50% of all familial breast cancers can be explained by known genetic factors, including mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2. One of the most extensively studied candidates for breast and/or ovarian cancer susceptibility is BARD1. Although it was suggested that large mutations may contribute substantially to the deleterious variants of BARD1, no systematic study of the large mutations in BARD1 has been performed. To further elucidate the role of large mutations in BARD1, we designed a multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) assay and performed an analysis of 504 women with a familial breast and/or ovarian cancer and 313 patients with ovarian cancer. The investigation did not reveal any large mutations in the BARD1 gene. Although the analysis was not focused on identification of small mutations, we detected seven deleterious or potentially deleterious point mutations, which contribute substantially to the total number of BARD1 mutations detected so far. In conclusion, although we cannot exclude the presence of large mutations in BARD1, our study indicates that such mutations do not contribute substantially to the risk of breast and/or ovarian cancer. However, it has to be noted that our results may be specific to the Polish population.
- Subjects :
- Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
DNA Mutational Analysis
Mutation, Missense
Breast Neoplasms
Biology
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Article
White People
BARD1
Multiplex polymerase chain reaction
medicine
Humans
Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification
COLD-PCR
Ovarian Neoplasms
Multidisciplinary
BARD1 Gene
Base Sequence
Point mutation
Tumor Suppressor Proteins
medicine.disease
Cancer research
Female
Poland
Ovarian cancer
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20452322
- Volume :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scientific Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....317cb312da292612ec1c166d3be50310