Human Gene Set: FONTAINE_FOLLICULAR_THYROID_ADENOMA_DN


Standard name FONTAINE_FOLLICULAR_THYROID_ADENOMA_DN
Systematic name M5370
Brief description Genes down-regulated in follicular thyroid adenoma (FTA) compared to other thyroid tumors.
Full description or abstract Conventional histology failed to classify part of non-medullary thyroid lesions as either benign or malignant. The group of tumours of uncertain malignancy (T-UM) concerns either atypical follicular adenomas or the recently called 'tumours of uncertain malignant potential'. To refine this classification we analysed microarray data from 93 follicular thyroid tumours: 10 T-UM, 3 follicular carcinomas, 13 papillary thyroid carcinomas and 67 follicular adenomas, compared to 73 control thyroid tissue samples. The diagnosis potential of 16 selected genes was validated by real-time quantitative RT-PCR on 6 additional T-UM. The gene expression profiles in several groups were examined with reference to the mutational status of the RET/PTC, BRAF and RAS genes. A pathological score (histological and immunohistochemical) was estimate for each of the T-UM involved in the study. The correlation between the T-UM gene profiles and the pathological score allowed a separation of the samples in two groups of benign or malignant tumours. Our analysis confirms the heterogeneity of T-UM and highlighted the molecular similarities between some cases and true carcinomas. We demonstrated the ability of few marker genes to serve as diagnosis tools and the need of a T-UM pathological scoring.
Collection C2: Curated
      CGP: Chemical and Genetic Perturbations
Source publication Pubmed 17968324   Authors: Fontaine JF,Mirebeau-Prunier D,Franc B,Triau S,Rodien P,Houlgatte R,Malthièry Y,Savagner F
Exact source Table 1S: FTA -
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