Gene Information

Gene symbol: RB1

Gene name: retinoblastoma 1

HGNC ID: 9884

Synonyms: RB

Related Genes

# Gene Symbol Number of hits
1 APC 1 hits
2 BRCA1 1 hits
3 BRCA2 1 hits
4 NF1 1 hits
5 NF2 1 hits
6 TP53 1 hits
7 VHL 1 hits
8 WT1 1 hits

Related Sentences

# PMID Sentence
1 7981072 By these means we have excluded involvement of Rb1 and BRCA1 on chromosomes 13q and 17q respectively.
2 7981072 The MDM2 oncogene on chromosome 12q was considered to be the prime candidate as MDM2 is amplified in sarcomas and the MDM2 product binds to p53.
3 7981072 Furthermore, p53 mutation and amplification of MDM2 have been shown to be mutually exclusive events in tumour development.
4 8741802 Examples include the RB1 gene for retinoblastoma; the WT1 gene for Wilms' tumor; germline p53 mutations in families with the Li-Fraumeni syndrome; the NF1 and NF2 genes for neuroblastomatosis, types 1 and 2; the VHL gene for renal cancer and other tumors associated with Von Hippel-Lindau disease; the APC gene for adenomatous polyposis coli; the BRCA1 gene for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; and the mismatch repair genes for colon and other common cancers.
5 9018120 When combined with a previous study of chromosome 13 with emphasis on BRCA2 and Rb1 genes, this work allowed to distinguish a total of 12 regions of LOH, variably affected in breast tumors and correlated with prognostic parameters.
6 9789027 Recently, tumor suppressors such as p53 and retinoblastoma protein pRB have been localized to the centrosome in a cell cycle-dependent manner.