Microsatellite instability in breast carcinoma

Beata Smolarz; Hanna Romanowicz-Makowska; Elżbieta Kozłowska; Marek Zadrożny; Tomasz Stetkiewicz; Tomasz Pertyński; Andrzej Kulig

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6/2004 vol. 3

Microsatellite instability in breast carcinoma

Beata Smolarz

,

Hanna Romanowicz-Makowska

,

Elżbieta Kozłowska

,

Marek Zadrożny

,

Tomasz Stetkiewicz

,

Tomasz Pertyński

,

Andrzej Kulig

Prz Menopauz 2004; 6: 40–46

Online publish date: 2004/12/16

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AMA

Smolarz B, Romanowicz-Makowska H, Kozłowska E, et al. Microsatellite instability in breast carcinoma. Menopause Review/Przegląd Menopauzalny. 2004;3(6):40-46.

APA

Smolarz, B., Romanowicz-Makowska, H., Kozłowska, E., Zadrożny, M., Stetkiewicz, T., & Pertyński, T. et al. (2004). Microsatellite instability in breast carcinoma. Menopause Review/Przegląd Menopauzalny, 3(6), 40-46.

Chicago

Smolarz, Beata, Hanna Romanowicz-Makowska, Elżbieta Kozłowska, Marek Zadrożny, Tomasz Stetkiewicz, Tomasz Pertyński, and Andrzej Kulig. 2004. "Microsatellite instability in breast carcinoma". Menopause Review/Przegląd Menopauzalny 3 (6): 40-46.

Harvard

Smolarz, B., Romanowicz-Makowska, H., Kozłowska, E., Zadrożny, M., Stetkiewicz, T., Pertyński, T., and Kulig, A. (2004). Microsatellite instability in breast carcinoma. Menopause Review/Przegląd Menopauzalny, 3(6), pp.40-46.

MLA

Smolarz, Beata et al. "Microsatellite instability in breast carcinoma." Menopause Review/Przegląd Menopauzalny, vol. 3, no. 6, 2004, pp. 40-46.

Vancouver

Smolarz B, Romanowicz-Makowska H, Kozłowska E, Zadrożny M, Stetkiewicz T, Pertyński T et al. Microsatellite instability in breast carcinoma. Menopause Review/Przegląd Menopauzalny. 2004;3(6):40-46.

Background: Microsatellite instability (MSI) is due to defective DNA mismatch repair. Defects in DNA mismatch-repair (MMR) genes lead to replication errors revealed as instability in microsatellite markers. Studies have shown that both hereditary breast cancer and sporadic breast cancer may be associated with mutations in a mismatch repair genes, such as MSH2, MLH1, PMS1, PMS2 and MSH6.
Approach: Results from studies that assayed microsatellite instability in hereditary and sporadic breast cancer are reviewed.
Conlusion: Several data suggest that microsatellite instability seem to be a risk factor both breast cancer in subjects belonged to HNPCC (Hereditary Nonpyloposis Colorectal Cancer) families with high incidence of this cancer and sporadic breast cancer.