Jazaeri Amir A
W. Norman Thornton Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Virginia Health System, Box 800712, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
Mol Oncol. 2009 Apr;3(2):151-6. doi: 10.1016/j.molonc.2009.01.001. Epub 2009 Feb 7.
BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations account for the majority of hereditary ovarian cancers and comprise 10% of total cases. Ovarian cancers arising from these mutations exhibit both overlapping and distinct clinical and molecular features. The expression profiles of sporadic ovarian cancers show similarities to those of BRCA1 and BRCA2-related tumors suggesting that BRCA-related pathways may be involved in their development as well. The purpose of this review is to consider the available data on ovarian cancers in the context of other investigations of BRCA-related transcriptional alterations, and highlight areas for future research.
BRCA1和BRCA2种系突变占遗传性卵巢癌的大多数,占所有病例的10%。由这些突变引起的卵巢癌表现出重叠和独特的临床及分子特征。散发性卵巢癌的表达谱与BRCA1和BRCA2相关肿瘤的表达谱相似,这表明BRCA相关通路可能也参与了它们的发生发展。本综述的目的是在BRCA相关转录改变的其他研究背景下,考量关于卵巢癌的现有数据,并突出未来研究的领域。