Gene Pair Information

Gene Pair: BRCA1, MLH1

Related Sentences

# PMID Sentence
1 7987639 Amongst the important known susceptibility genes are those dominant genes conferring a high risk of breast and ovarian cancer (BRCA1), colon cancer (hMSH2 and hMLH1), and melanoma (MLM).
2 9633840 An important recent advancement in the field of ovarian cancer research is the identification of the breast/ovarian cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2.
3 9633840 A second class of genes involved in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) are responsible for most cases of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC).
4 9633840 Individuals in cancer-prone kindreds are currently being screened for germline mutations in BRCA1, BRCA2, and several MMR genes (eg, MSH2, MLH1), and mutant allele carriers counseled for cancer risks.
5 9633840 Although BRCA1, BRCA2, and a number of MMR genes have been identified, many more genes involved in gynecologic malignancies remain to be discovered and the clinical significance of the cancer genes already known is still in its infancy.
6 10388122 The most noteworthy hereditary gynecologic cancer syndromes include hereditary breast-ovarian cancer (HBOC) syndrome, wherein BRCA1 and BRCA2 germ-line mutations have been identified, and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) of the Lynch syndrome II variant, wherein hMSH2, hMLH1, hPMS2, hMSH3, and hMSH6 germ-line mutations have been identified.