Genome-Wide Analysis of Gene Expression in Synovial Sarcomas Using a Cdna Microarray1
[CANCER RESEARCH 62, 5859–5866, October 15, 2002] Genome-wide Analysis of Gene Expression in Synovial Sarcomas Using a cDNA Microarray1 Satoshi Nagayama, Toyomasa Katagiri, Tatsuhiko Tsunoda, Taisuke Hosaka, Yasuaki Nakashima, Nobuhito Araki, Katsuyuki Kusuzaki, Tomitaka Nakayama, Tadao Tsuboyama, Takashi Nakamura, Masayuki Imamura, Yusuke Nakamura,2 and Junya Toguchida Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan [S. N., T. K., Yu. N.]; Laboratory for Medical Informatics, SNP Research Center, RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Tokyo 108-8639, Japan [Tat. T.]; Department of Tissue Regeneration, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences [S. N., T. H., J. T.], and Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery [T. H., To. N., Ta. N.], Pathology [Ya. N], and Surgery and Surgical Basic Science [S. N., M. I.], Graduate School of Medicine, College of Medical Technology [Tad. T.], Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases [N. A.], Osaka 537-8511, Japan; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine [K. K.], Kyoto 602-0841, Japan ABSTRACT (10). These data support the hypothesis that SS may originate from cells that are widely distributed in a variety of tissues. Among a histologically heterogeneous group of soft tissue sarcomas, Among several histological findings, the most distinctive feature of synovial sarcoma (SS) is regarded as a “miscellaneous” entity of uncertain SS is epithelial differentiation. On the basis of the presence or absence origin. Although recent molecular analysis has disclosed involvement of a of an epithelial component, SS is classified into two major subtypes: specific chromosomal translocation in the pathogenesis of SS, its genetic features remain largely unclear.
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