The absence of TERT promoter mutations in primary gastric cancer

Tiantian Liu; Xiuming Liang; Magnus Björkholm; Jihui Jia; Dawei Xu

doi:10.1016/j.gene.2014.02.051

The absence of TERT promoter mutations in primary gastric cancer

Gene. 2014 May 1;540(2):266-7. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.02.051. Epub 2014 Feb 26.

Authors

Tiantian Liu¹, Xiuming Liang², Magnus Björkholm³, Jihui Jia⁴, Dawei Xu⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine and Second Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China; Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Second Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China; Department of Medicine, Division of Haematology, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Medicine, Centre for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine and Second Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China; Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Second Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Haematology, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Medicine, Centre for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine and Second Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China; Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Second Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China. Electronic address: jiajihui@sdu.edu.cn.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of Haematology, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Medicine, Centre for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: Dawei.Xu@ki.se.

PMID: 24583168
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.02.051

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / enzymology
Adenocarcinoma / genetics*
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
DNA Mutational Analysis
Enzyme Activation
Female
Genetic Association Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Stomach Neoplasms / enzymology
Stomach Neoplasms / genetics*
Telomerase / genetics*

Substances

TERT protein, human
Telomerase