Telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter mutations in cancers derived from multiple organ sites among middle eastern population.

Telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter mutations in cancers derived from multiple organ sites among middle eastern population. Genomics. 2019 Oct 26;: Authors: Siraj AK, Bu R, Iqbal K, Parvathareddy SK, Siraj N, Siraj S, Diaz MRF, Rala DR, Benito AD, Sabido MA, Al-Rasheed M, Al Obaisi KAS, Al-Haqawi W, Victoria IG, Al Balawy W, Abedalthagafi M, Wakil SM, Ajarim D, Mohammed S, Alhussain T, Tulbah A, Al-Badawi IA, Al-Dayel F, Al-Kuraya KS Abstract Sanger Sequencing and immunohistochemistry was employed to investigate the TERT promoter mutations and TERT protein expression with their association to clinicopathological characteristics in over 2200 samples of Middle Eastern origin from 13 different types of cancers. The TERT promoter mutations were most frequently present in bladder cancer (68.6%), followed by central nervous system tumors (28.7%), thyroid cancer (15.4%), prostate cancer (9.3%), endometrial carcinoma (3.7%), rhabdomyosarcoma (1.4%), colorectal cancer (1%), epithelial ovarian carcinoma (0.7%) and breast cancer (0.7%). No mutations were observed in other types of cancers. In bladder cancer, we found significant inverse association with metastasis and a trend to good survival in patients with TERT mutations. In gliomas, TERT promoter mutations predicted poor prognosis. In thyroid cancer, high frequency of TERT mutation was observed in poorly differentiated carcinoma. In addition, TERT promoter mutations were associated wi...
Source: Genomics - Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Tags: Genomics Source Type: research