Essential Role of BRCA2 in Ovarian Development and Function.
N Engl J Med
; 379(11): 1042-1049, 2018 09 13.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30207912
The causes of ovarian dysgenesis remain incompletely understood. Two sisters with XX ovarian dysgenesis carried compound heterozygous truncating mutations in the BRCA2 gene that led to reduced BRCA2 protein levels and an impaired response to DNA damage, which resulted in chromosomal breakage and the failure of RAD51 to be recruited to double-stranded DNA breaks. The sisters also had microcephaly, and one sister was in long-term remission from leukemia, which had been diagnosed when she was 5 years old. Drosophila mutants that were null for an orthologue of BRCA2 were sterile, and gonadal dysgenesis was present in both sexes. These results revealed a new role for BRCA2 and highlight the importance to ovarian development of genes that are critical for recombination during meiosis. (Funded by the Israel Science Foundation and others.).
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ovary
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Chromosome Breakage
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BRCA2 Protein
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Genes, BRCA2
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DNA Repair
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Gonadal Dysgenesis
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
N Engl J Med
Year:
2018
Type:
Article