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Although it is well known that oncogenesis is a multistep process involving the activation of normal cellular genes to become oncogenes and/or the inactivation of tumor suppressor genes, this process has seldom been investigated in soft tissue tumours. We screened a group of 36 liposarcomas for genetic abnormalitis in the p53 tumour suppressor gene and c-myc oncogene. Altered c-myc gene expression was examined by differential RT-PCR assay. p53 Gene mutations in exons 4–8 were analysed by using PCR-SSCP analysis and direct sequencing. Elevated c-myc expression was found in 6 of 31 liposarcomas (19.4%). p53 Gene mutations were observed in 5 of 36 liposarcomas (13.9%). Both genetic alterations were associated with the histological subtype of liposarcomas. Whereas c-myc gene expression was a characteristic of myxoid/round cell liposarcomas, p53 gene mutations were found more frequently in pleomorphic variants. Liposarcomas of the well-differentiated subtype showed neither p53 gene mutations nor altered c-myc gene expression. Our results indicate that the c-myc oncogene and the p53 tumor suppressor gene do not seem to cooperate in the oncogenesis of liposarcomas.
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Received: 22 April 1998 / Accepted: 11 May 1998
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Schneider-Stock, R., Walter, H., Rys, J. et al. No correlation of c-myc overexpression and p53 mutations in liposarcomas. Virchows Archiv 433, 315–321 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004280050255
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004280050255