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Succinate dehydrogenase D variants do not constitute a risk factor for developing C cell hyperplasia or sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma.
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The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism [J Clin Endocrinol Metab] 2005 Apr; Vol. 90 (4), pp. 2127-30. Date of Electronic Publication: 2004 Dec 28. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a tumor that arises from parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland. MTC can occur sporadically (75%) or as part of inherited cancer syndromes (25%). In most cases, hereditary MTC evolves from preneoplastic C cell hyperplasia (CCH), so early detection of this pathology would evidently be critical. A recent study reports that alterations in succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) D are responsible for familial non-RET CCH. First, we studied SDHD in two families with hereditary non-RET CCH and found no alterations related to the inheritance of this disease. Then, we investigated whether the H50R variant could be a risk factor in the sporadic development of MTC in both Spanish and English patients. We found no evidence that the presence of the H50R is strongly associated with the risk of sporadic MTC, although we did observe an association with age at diagnosis of MTC in Spanish H50R carriers that we did not find in English patients. Finally, we looked for evidence of CCH or any other thyroid disease in a panel of germ-line SDH (B or D) mutation carriers and found none. We conclude that SDHD variants do not constitute a risk factor for developing CCH or sporadic MTC.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Carcinoma, Medullary genetics
Child
Humans
Hyperplasia
Middle Aged
Precancerous Conditions genetics
Risk Factors
Thyroid Neoplasms genetics
Carcinoma, Medullary etiology
Mutation
Precancerous Conditions etiology
Succinate Dehydrogenase genetics
Thyroid Gland pathology
Thyroid Neoplasms etiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0021-972X
- Volume :
- 90
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15623805
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2004-2059