Abstract

This study is a linkage analysis of families withhuman prostate cancer. A paper published in Science by thisgroup indicates the possibility of linkage of a locus for prostate cancer to a region of chromosome 1. This has been followed up this year by intensive linkage analyses of additional families to markers in this region and marker mapping efforts. Families have been obtained and genotyped from several regions of the United States,Finland and Sweden. Efforts are also underway to develop additional family resources for this project. Theseinvestigators have also joined a national Prostate Cancer Linkage Consortium to try to localize prostate cancerloci more rapidly. This project to identify and clone genes for prostate cancer is ongoing.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Type
Intramural Research (Z01)
Project #
1Z01HG000107-01
Application #
6162614
Study Section
Molecular Genetics B Study Section (MGB)
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Project End
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
1997
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
National Human Genome Research Institute
Department
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Country
United States
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  Publications

Gillanders, Elizabeth M; Xu, Jianfeng; Chang, Bao-li et al. (2004) Combined genome-wide scan for prostate cancer susceptibility genes. J Natl Cancer Inst 96:1240-7
Carpten, J; Nupponen, N; Isaacs, S et al. (2002) Germline mutations in the ribonuclease L gene in families showing linkage with HPC1. Nat Genet 30:181-4
Ho, Gloria Y F; Knapp, Michael; Freije, Diha et al. (2002) Transmission/disequilibrium tests of androgen receptor and glutathione S-transferase pi variants in prostate cancer families. Int J Cancer 98:938-42
Rokman, Annika; Ikonen, Tarja; Seppala, Eija H et al. (2002) Germline alterations of the RNASEL gene, a candidate HPC1 gene at 1q25, in patients and families with prostate cancer. Am J Hum Genet 70:1299-304
Baffoe-Bonnie, Agnes B; Kiemeney, Lambertus A L M; Beaty, Terri H et al. (2002) Segregation analysis of 389 Icelandic pedigrees with Breast and prostate cancer. Genet Epidemiol 23:349-63
Xu, Jianfeng; Zheng, S Lilly; Komiya, Akira et al. (2002) Germline mutations and sequence variants of the macrophage scavenger receptor 1 gene are associated with prostate cancer risk. Nat Genet 32:321-5
Stephan, Dietrich A; Howell, Gareth R; Teslovich, Tanya M et al. (2002) Physical and transcript map of the hereditary prostate cancer region at xq27. Genomics 79:41-50
Verhage, B A; Baffoe-Bonnie, A B; Baglietto, L et al. (2001) Autosomal dominant inheritance of prostate cancer: a confirmatory study. Urology 57:97-101
Powell, I J; Carpten, J; Dunston, G et al. (2001) African-American heredity prostate cancer study: a model for genetic research. J Natl Med Assoc 93:25S-28S
Xu, J; Zheng, S L; Carpten, J D et al. (2001) Evaluation of linkage and association of HPC2/ELAC2 in patients with familial or sporadic prostate cancer. Am J Hum Genet 68:901-11

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