Where genotype is not predictive of phenotype: towards an understanding of the molecular basis of reduced penetrance in human inherited disease

DN Cooper, M Krawczak, C Polychronakos… - Human genetics, 2013 - Springer
Some individuals with a particular disease-causing mutation or genotype fail to express
most if not all features of the disease in question, a phenomenon that is known as 'reduced …

RET revisited: expanding the oncogenic portfolio

LM Mulligan - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
The RET receptor tyrosine kinase is crucial for normal development but also contributes to
pathologies that reflect both the loss and the gain of RET function. Activation of RET occurs …

Consensus statement on next-generation-sequencing-based diagnostic testing of hereditary phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas

NGS in PPGL (NGSnPPGL) Study Group… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) are neural-crest-derived tumours of
the sympathetic or parasympathetic nervous system that are often inherited and are …

An update on the genetics of paraganglioma, pheochromocytoma, and associated hereditary syndromes

AP Gimenez-Roqueplo, PL Dahia… - Hormone and …, 2012 - thieme-connect.com
Pheochromocytomas (PCCs) and paragangliomas (PGLs) are catecholamine-secreting
tumors of neural crest origin. Once collectively known as the '10% tumor', based on the …

Hepatic arterial infusion enhances DOTATOC radiopeptide therapy in patients with neuroendocrine liver metastases

C Kratochwil, R López-Benítez, W Mier… - Endocrine-related …, 2011 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Intravenously administered radiolabeled peptides targeting somatostatin receptors are used
for the treatment of unresectable gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP …

High penetrance of pheochromocytoma in multiple endocrine neoplasia 2 caused by germ line RET codon 634 mutation in Japanese patients

T Imai, S Uchino, T Okamoto, S Suzuki… - European journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objective The precise penetrance of pheochromocytoma (PHEO) in multiple endocrine
neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) has not been reported in a large cohort. In this study, we aimed to …

Genotype and phenotype landscape of MEN2 in 554 medullary thyroid cancer patients: the BrasMEN study

RMB Maciel, CP Camacho… - Endocrine …, 2019 - ec.bioscientifica.com
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) is an autosomal dominant genetic disease
caused by RET gene germline mutations that is characterized by medullary thyroid …

Penetrance and Clinical Features of Pheochromocytoma in a Six-Generation Family Carrying a Germline TMEM127 Mutation

SPA Toledo, DM Lourenço Jr, T Sekiya… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Context: The phenotype of familial pheochromocytoma (PHEO) associated with germline
TMEM127 mutations (TMEM127-related PHEO) has not been clearly defined. Objective …

Comprehensive assessment of the disputed RET Y791F variant shows no association with medullary thyroid carcinoma susceptibility

RA Toledo, R Hatakana, DM Lourenco Jr… - Endocrine-related …, 2014 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Accurate interpretation of germline mutations of the rearranged during transfection (RET)
proto-oncogene is vital for the proper recommendation of preventive thyroidectomy in …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of RET receptor-mediated oncogenesis in multiple endocrine neoplasia 2

SM Wagner, SJ Zhu, AC Nicolescu, LM Mulligan - Clinics, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 is an inherited cancer syndrome characterized by
tumors of thyroid and adrenal tissues. Germline mutations of the REarranged during …