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Goekoop FM, van El CG, Widdershoven GAM, Dzinalija N, Cornel MC, Evans N. Systematic scoping review of the concept of 'genetic identity' and its relevance for germline modification. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0228263. [PMID: 31978192 PMCID: PMC6980575 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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EU legislation prohibits clinical trials that modify germ line 'genetic identity'. 'Genetic identity' however, is left undefined. This study aims to identify the use of the term 'genetic identity' in academic literature, and investigate its relevance for debates on genetic modification. A total of 616 articles that contained the term were identified. Content analysis revealed that the term was used in various and contradicting ways and a clear understanding of the term is lacking. This review demonstrates that the EU legislation is open to interpretation, because of the diversity of meaning with which 'genetic identity' is currently used. Because of the diversity of meaning with which 'genetic identity' is used and understood, further reflection is needed. This requires further medical, legal, ethical and social debate and a coordinated response at both a European and a global level.
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- Floor M. Goekoop
- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Medical Humanities, De Boelelaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Clinical Genetics, Section Community Genetics, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Medical Humanities, De Boelelaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Medical Humanities, De Boelelaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Clinical Genetics, Section Community Genetics, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Medical Humanities, De Boelelaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Gantzer J, Eberst L, Cassier P, Brahmi M. Tailored approaches to rare sarcomas: current challenges and future prospects. EXPERT REVIEW OF PRECISION MEDICINE AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/23808993.2018.1454260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Justine Gantzer
- Medical Oncology, Centre Leon Berard, Lyon, France
- Medical Oncology, Hopitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Medical Oncology, Centre Leon Berard, Lyon, France
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Tibiletti MG. Interphase FISH as a new tool in tumor pathology. Cytogenet Genome Res 2007; 118:229-36. [PMID: 18000375 DOI: 10.1159/000108305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2006] [Accepted: 01/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Interphase FISH (IFISH) analysis is an intriguing molecular cytogenetic approach to study chromosome abnormalities in cancer. IFISH is a high sensitivity technique because of its ability to identify aberrations on a cell-to-cell level. The possibility to perform IFISH on different types of nuclei obtained both from fresh and archived samples, makes this technique an advantageous method to identify specific chromosome aberrations in cancer and correlate them to prognosis and therapy. The aim of this review is to outline the technical aspects, the sensitivity and specificity and the current strategies for employment of IFISH in tumor pathology, and to discuss the enormous range of novel applications.
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- M G Tibiletti
- Laboratorio di Anatomia Patologica, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italy.
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Viswanathan S, Gibbs JL, Roberts P. Clonal translocation in a cardiac fibroma presenting with incessant ventricular tachycardia in childhood. Cardiol Young 2003; 13:101-2. [PMID: 12691295 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951103000167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
MESH Headings
- Biopsy, Needle
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Fibroma/diagnosis
- Fibroma/genetics
- Fibroma/surgery
- Heart Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Heart Neoplasms/genetics
- Heart Neoplasms/surgery
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Infant
- Tachycardia, Ventricular/diagnosis
- Tachycardia, Ventricular/therapy
- Translocation, Genetic
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Cokelaere K, Debiec-Rychter M, De Wolf-Peeters C, Hagemeijer A, Sciot R. Hyaline vascular Castleman's disease with HMGIC rearrangement in follicular dendritic cells: molecular evidence of mesenchymal tumorigenesis. Am J Surg Pathol 2002; 26:662-9. [PMID: 11979097 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200205000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chromosomal aberrations involving chromosome segment 12q13-15 are a common finding in a variety of benign mesenchymal tumors. The target gene encodes for HMGIC, a member of the high mobility group protein family. These proteins act as architectural transcription factors. HMGIC plays a role as a common genetic denominator in benign mesenchymal tumorigenesis. We report a case of hyaline vascular Castleman's disease with intragenic HMGIC rearrangement, due to a clonal cytogenetic aberration involving the long arm of chromosome 12 [46,XX, add(1)(q21),der(6)t(6;12) (q23;q15),add(7)(p22), -9,inv(9)(p11q13),del(12)(q15),+mar] obtained after short-term primary cultures. A combined immunocytologic-cytogenetic approach enabled us to demonstrate the exclusive presence of HMGIC rearrangement in anti-CD21 reactive follicular dendric cells. This finding confirms that a clonal proliferation of follicular dendritic cells occurs in the hyaline vascular variant of Castleman's disease. It also provides a possible molecular pathway explaining stromal overgrowths and stromal neoplasms developing from this disorder.
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- K Cokelaere
- Department of Pathology, University Hospital St Raphael, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Nishio J, Iwasaki H, Ohjimi Y, Ishiguro M, Isayama T, Naito M, Okabayashi H, Kaneko Y, Kikuchi M. Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor of soft parts. Cytogenetic findings. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2002; 133:124-8. [PMID: 11943338 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00581-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor (OFMT) of soft parts is a recently described, rare but morphologically distinctive soft tissue tumor. The histogenesis of this lesion remains uncertain, although several immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features suggest that it is an unusual neural tumor, possibly of Schwann cell origin. We report here a case of a malignant variant of OFMT that occurred in the foot of a 52-year-old man. The karyotype of a pulmonary metastasis exhibited the following complex numeric and structural aberrations:72 approximately 74,XXY,-5,+6,+del(8)(p21),del(9)(p22),+10,der(11)t(3;11)(p21;p15),del(12) (q13),der(13)t(5;13)(q13;q34),+18,+19,+20,-22 [cp10]. A kidney metastasis exhibited the following karyotypic abnormalities: 46,XY,add(3)(p11),+der(3)t(3;?;11)(3qter-->3p11::?::11q13-->11qter), -5,del(8)(p21),add(9)(q22),del(9)(p22),der(11)t(3;11)(p21;p15),del(12)(q13),+der(13)t(5;13) (q13;q34),-22. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of OFMT in which clonal chromosomal aberrations have been shown.
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- Jun Nishio
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
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Sandberg AA, Bridge JA. Updates on the cytogenetics and molecular genetics of bone and soft tissue tumors. Synovial sarcoma. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2002; 133:1-23. [PMID: 11890984 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00626-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Avery A Sandberg
- Department of DNA Diagnostics, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA.
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Vayego-Lourenco SA. TP53 mutations in a recurrent unicameral bone cyst. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2001; 124:175-6. [PMID: 11252305 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(00)00343-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Sandberg AA, Bridge JA. Updates on cytogenetics and molecular genetics of bone and soft tissue tumors: Ewing sarcoma and peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2000; 123:1-26. [PMID: 11120329 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(00)00295-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- A A Sandberg
- Department of DNA Diagnostics, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA.
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Schneider-Stock R, Rys J, Walter H, Limon J, Iliszko M, Niezabitowski A, Roessner A. A rare chimeric TLS/FUS-CHOP transcript in a patient with multiple liposarcomas: a case report. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1999; 111:130-3. [PMID: 10347549 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(98)00197-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Myxoid liposarcomas harbor a unique and specific t(12;16)(q13,p11) chromosomal translocation. The breakpoint has recently been identified, and involvement of the TLS/FUS gene on chromosome 16 and the CHOP gene on chromosome 12 was demonstrated. We report a case of a 45-year-old woman who developed multiple malignant lipomatous tumors of unknown origin and myxoid/round cell histology at different locations. To examine the diagnostic potential of this translocation and to develop a hypothesis on the origin of the tumors, we used cytogenetic and molecular cytogenetic methods (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, RT-PCR). We identified a chimeric RNA transcript in the second recurrence in the thigh/groin, as well as in another tumor in the mediastinum, which has an additional sequence of 33 bp, known as fusion transcript type III. Cytogenetic analysis of another tumor in retroperitoneal space revealed a rare type of unbalanced translocation der(16)t(12;16). We hypothesize that these tumors are metastases rather than multicentric tumors. The detection of the chimeric message in the present case is not only useful for differential diagnosis, but also for analyzing the origin of multiple neoplasms.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Female
- Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Liposarcoma/genetics
- Liposarcoma/radiotherapy
- Liposarcoma/secondary
- Liposarcoma, Myxoid/genetics
- Liposarcoma, Myxoid/radiotherapy
- Liposarcoma, Myxoid/secondary
- Liver Neoplasms/genetics
- Liver Neoplasms/secondary
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/genetics
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/radiotherapy
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/genetics
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/radiotherapy
- RNA-Binding Protein FUS
- Retroperitoneal Neoplasms/genetics
- Retroperitoneal Neoplasms/secondary
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Ribonucleoproteins/genetics
- Transcription Factor CHOP
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic
- Translocation, Genetic
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- R Schneider-Stock
- Department of Pathology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Gil-Benso R, Carda-Batalla C, Navarro-Fos S, Pellín-Perez A, Llombart-Bosch A. Cytogenetic study of a spindle-cell rhabdomyosarcoma of the parotid gland. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1999; 109:150-3. [PMID: 10087951 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(98)00163-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
The cytogenetic analysis of a spindle-cell rhabdomyosarcoma of the parotid gland in a 6-year-old boy is reported. The tumor cells showed an abnormal karyotype with a hypotriploid modal chromosome number and clonal structural rearrangements affecting chromosomes 1, 8, 12, 21, and 22. The tumor karyotype was: 59, XY, -1, -3, -4, -5, -6, +8, +8, +del(8)(q22q24), -9, -10, del(12)(q13), -15, -16, -17, -18, der(21)t(12;21)(p11;p11), -22, der(22)t(1;22)(q12;p11).
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- R Gil-Benso
- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Valencia, Spain
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Weibolt VM, Buresh CJ, Roberts CA, Suijkerbuijk RF, Pickering DL, Neff JR, Bridge JA. Involvement of 3q21 in nodular fasciitis. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1998; 106:177-9. [PMID: 9797787 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(98)00066-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cytogenetic data on nodular fasciitis are sparse. We present a case of this lesion and discuss our results in view of previously reported findings in nodular fasciitis and other benign mesenchymal lesions.
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- V M Weibolt
- Department of Human Genetics, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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