Clonal relationship between the teratoma and rhabdomyosarcoma of the germ cell tumor was established by the presence in both of i(12p), the characteristic marker of germ cell tumors.
We recommend that all males with KS and early sexual development or with "normal" testicular growth be screened with measurement of germ cell tumor markers including beta-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin and alpha-fetoprotein.
This included a germ cell tumor in 12 (30%) patients by the finding of i(12p), increased 12p copy number, or a deletion of the long arm of chromosome 12.
One or more copies of i(12p), excess 12p copy number, or a deletion on the long arm of chromosome 12 was found in seven of 28 (25%) midline tumors of uncertain histogenesis, thus establishing a diagnosis of a germ cell tumor in these patients.
Hereditary persistence of alpha-fetoprotein (HPAFP) should be considered in both children and adults with unexplained and persistent elevation of AFP e.g., those screened for hepatocellular carcinoma or diagnosed for germ cell tumor.
Further database analysis indicates the presence of other genes with high homology to PAGE-1, which were found in cDNA libraries derived from testis, pooled libraries (with testis), and in a germ cell tumor library.
Further database analysis indicates the presence of other genes with high homology to PAGE-1, which were found in cDNA libraries derived from testis, pooled libraries (with testis), and in a germ cell tumor library.
WT1 gene expression was detected in three of the four gastric cancer cell lines, all of the five colon cancer cell lines, 12 of the 15 lung cancer cell lines, two of the four breast cancer cell lines, the germ cell tumor cell line, the two ovarian cancer cell lines, the uterine cancer cell line, the thyroid cancer cell line, and the hepatocellular carcinoma cell line.
Studies of LIF transcript expression in germ cell tumor cell lines identified two novel human LIF transcripts, hLIF-M and hLIF-T, containing noncoding alternate first exons that are conserved among all reported LIF genes.
By establishing sensitive nested reverse transcription-PCRs for the detection of mRNA of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and beta human chorionic gonadotropin (betahCG), we investigated the presence of circulating tumor cells in the peripheral blood of 119 patients with germ-cell tumor.
None of the remaining eight cases with frequent positive cells, the nine cases with occasionally positive p53 staining, or the two cases with no staining recurred or demonstrated other germ cell tumor elements.
The prognostic information provided by alpha-fetoprotein and human chorionic gonadotrophin in the management of germ cell tumor (GCT) patients is a biochemical reflection of tumor differentiation.
Cluster analysis of p53 and Ki67 expression, apoptosis, alpha-fetoprotein, and human chorionic gonadotrophin indicates a favorable prognostic subgroup within the embryonal carcinoma germ cell tumor.
Notably, human STELLAR is located distal to a previously uncharacterized homeobox gene, which is the human homolog of the recently identified murine gene, Nanog, and proximal to the GDF3 locus, whose transcription is restricted to germ cell tumor cells.
Recently, major progress has been made in identifying gene-products related to germ cell tumor development (testis-specific protein-Y encoded and octamer binding transcription factor 3/4) and in recognizing early changes of germ cells (maturation delay, preneoplastic lesions, and in situ neoplasia).
Recently, major progress has been made in identifying gene-products related to germ cell tumor development (testis-specific protein-Y encoded and octamer binding transcription factor 3/4) and in recognizing early changes of germ cells (maturation delay, preneoplastic lesions, and in situ neoplasia).
Recently, major progress has been made in identifying gene-products related to germ cell tumor development (testis-specific protein-Y encoded and octamer binding transcription factor 3/4) and in recognizing early changes of germ cells (maturation delay, preneoplastic lesions, and in situ neoplasia).
Bisulfite sequencing and subsequent real-time RT-PCR were carried out in germ cell tumor cell lines and a cervical carcinoma cell line to reveal CpG sites implicated in testisin gene silencing.
TSPY protein localized with established germ cell tumor markers, such as the placental alkaline phosphatase, c-KIT, and OCT3/4, in the same tumor cells of both gonadoblastoma and adjacent carcinoma in situ, the precursor for germ cell tumors.