Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
The tumor suppressor serine-threonine kinase LKB1 is mutated in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and in a spectrum of epithelial cancers whose etiology suggests a cooperation with environmental insults.
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25329316 |
2014 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Mutation of the LKB1 gene (also known as STK11) is regarded as a cause of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.
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17711506 |
2007 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
To establish whether germline mutations of STK11/LKB1 account for familial breast cancer, 22 patients from 14 breast cancer families with LOH on 19p and one PJS family were selected for screening for germline mutations of LKB1/STK11.
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10852375 |
2000 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
This study presents the molecular characterization and cancer occurrence of a large cohort of PJS patients, increases the mutational spectrum of LKB1/STK11 allelic variants worldwide, and provides a new insight useful for clinical diagnosis and genetic counseling of PJS families.
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17404884 |
2007 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Variants in STK11, a tumour suppressor gene, located on Chromosome 19, predispose to PJS.
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28900777 |
2018 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Inactivating mutations of the CHEK2 and STK11 genes are responsible for Li-Fraumeni and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, respectively, both autosomal dominant syndromes associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.
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20722467 |
2010 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
PJS is a rare hereditary disease, which may be associated with the development of poor outcome adenocarcinomas and LKB1-gene mutations.
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24054548 |
2013 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
LIP1, a cytoplasmic protein functionally linked to the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome kinase LKB1.
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11741830 |
2001 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Here, we investigate the mechanism and function of LKB1, a Ser/Thr kinase mutated in Peutz-Jegher syndrome (PJS).
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11430832 |
2001 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
LKB1: a sweet side to Peutz-Jeghers syndrome?
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16530014 |
2006 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Germline LKB1 mutations cause Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, a hereditary disorder that predisposes to gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyposis and several types of malignant tumors.
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17384680 |
2007 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
The protein kinase LKB1 is a crucial regulator of cell growth/proliferation and cell polarity and is the causative gene in the cancer-predisposing disease Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS).
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20110331 |
2010 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Germline mutations of the STK11/LKB1 tumour suppressor gene (19p13.3) are responsible for Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS), a rare genetic disorder, which is dominantly inherited.
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11389158 |
2001 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
To understand the molecular pathogenesis of PJS phenotypes, we used microarrays to analyze gene expression profiles in proliferating HeLa cells transduced with lentiviral vectors expressing wild type or mutant LKB1 proteins.
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15731909 |
2005 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
LKB1 was discovered as a tumour suppressor mutated in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, and is a gene involved in cell polarity as well as an upstream protein kinase for members of the AMP-activated protein kinase family.
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18774945 |
2008 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
The risk of intussusception in PJS is not influenced by STK11 mutation status.
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16882735 |
2006 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Germ line mutations of the LKB1 gene cause the autosomal dominant Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS), and PJS has also been associated with an increased risk of developing cancers, suggesting LKB1 may act as a tumor suppressor in PJS.
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20616618 |
2010 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
The results presented herein enlarge the spectrum of mutations of the STK11 gene by identifying a novel de novo mutation in a PJS patient and further support the hypothesis that STK11 mutations are disease-causing mutations for PJS with or without a positive family history.
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18495044 |
2008 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
This is the first report of clinical overlap in individuals with PCOS and PJS, even though some individuals with PCOS show a polymorphism in STK11, which is the gene mutated in PJS.
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26147831 |
2016 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Germline mutations of the STK11 gene lead to emergence of hamartomas in the gastrointestinal tract of patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, who bear an increased risk of malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract, genital tract, and other organs.
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10429655 |
1999 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
A 23-Nucleotide Deletion in STK11 Gene Causes Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome and Malignancy in a Chinese Patient Without a Positive Family History.
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28986664 |
2017 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
The substitutions of single amino acids in highly conserved regions of the STK11 protein are associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS), which is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder.
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31712642 |
2019 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
STK 11 testing can confirm those at risk of PJS, who require lifelong surveillance, and possibly release those with a simple dermatosis, such as LHS, from invasive and thus potentially harmful surveillance.
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26768676 |
2017 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Here, we report a detailed analysis of a case of a cervical tumor in a PJS patient showing a large genomic deletion in exon 1 of STK11 without human papillomavirus infection.
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24490603 |
2014 |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Furthermore, no germline STRAD mutations were found in 10 patients with PJS and family members without LKB1 germline mutation.
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16189157 |
2005 |