Downs Bradley, Wang San Ming
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Cancer Genet. 2015 May;208(5):237-40. doi: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2015.02.001. Epub 2015 Feb 13.
Familial breast cancer occurs in about 10% of breast cancer cases. Germline mutation in BRCA1 is the most penetrant predisposition for the disease. Mutated BRCA1 leads to disease by causing genome instability via multiple mechanisms including epigenetic changes. This review summarizes recent progress in studying the correlation between BRCA1 predisposition and epigenetic alterations in BRCA1-type familial breast cancer.
家族性乳腺癌约占所有乳腺癌病例的10%。BRCA1基因的种系突变是导致该疾病的最显著易感性因素。突变的BRCA1通过包括表观遗传变化在内的多种机制导致基因组不稳定,进而引发疾病。本文综述了BRCA1型家族性乳腺癌中BRCA1易感性与表观遗传改变之间相关性研究的最新进展。