Pinto Emilia M, Ribeiro Raul C, Figueiredo Bonald C, Zambetti Gerard P
International Outreach Program, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Genes Cancer. 2011 Apr;2(4):485-90. doi: 10.1177/1947601911409745.
Although the majority of pediatric malignancies express wild-type p53, it is well established that germline TP53 mutations or functional inactivation of this pathway by other means contribute to childhood cancer. Epidemiology studies have revealed the existence of diverse inherited mutant TP53 alleles that display different levels of tumor suppressor activity, which correlate with cancer risk in terms of penetrance, age of onset, and tumor types. In this monograph, the authors describe those childhood cancers associated with functional inactivation of TP53 focusing on adrenocortical carcinoma as a model for tissues that are highly sensitive to loss of p53 activity.
虽然大多数儿科恶性肿瘤表达野生型p53,但众所周知,种系TP53突变或该通路通过其他方式的功能失活会导致儿童癌症。流行病学研究揭示了存在多种遗传突变的TP53等位基因,这些等位基因表现出不同水平的肿瘤抑制活性,这在 penetrance、发病年龄和肿瘤类型方面与癌症风险相关。在这本专著中,作者描述了那些与TP53功能失活相关的儿童癌症,重点将肾上腺皮质癌作为对p53活性丧失高度敏感的组织的模型。