Tumor Biology Flashcards
all _______ are genetic diseases caused by uncontrolled proliferation of cells that have undergone genetic alterations
neoplasms
- expansive
- slow growing
- good differentiation
- NO metastasis
benign tumors
- infiltrative
- fast growing
- atypical, poorly differentiated
- metastasis typical
malignant tumors
c-MYC translocation causes
burkitt lymphoma
BCL2 translocation causes?
follicular lymphoma
amplification of _____ causes neuroblastoma
N-myc
amplification of _______ causes breast cancer
HER2/neu
extensive chromosomal breaks and rearrangements (osteosarcoma, glioma)
chromothrypsis
RAS mutations in many cancers caused by ______ mutations
point
local hypermethylation leads to gene _______
silencing
altered expression of ________ can have interactions with oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes
miRNAs
- excessive production (quantity or duration)
- abnormal product unresponsiveness to normal inhibitory influences
- gain of function mutation
production of an oncogene
- insufficient production, abnormal product
- requires inactivation of both alleles
- heterozygous state sufficient to protect against neoplasia
- oncogenic viruses inactivate these genes
tumor suppressors
loss of ________ of tumor suppressor gene predisposes to neoplasia
heterozygosity
RET (MEN) and Her2neu (breast cancer) and ________ receptor oncogenes
growth factor receptor
_____ is a signal transducing protein oncogene
RAS
non receptor tyrosine kinase oncogene?
ABL (CML)
transcription factor oncogene that causes burkitt lymphoma and neuroblastoma?
MYC
cyclin D1 oncogene causes _______ lymphoma
mantle cell
_____ translocation leading to fusion of abl gene with bcr region and constitutive expression of abnormal tyrosine kinase in CML
t(9;22)