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Mutational Analyses of Fanconi Anemia Genes in Japanese Patients

This chapter appears in the following book:

Molecular Mechanisms of Fanconi Anemia

Edited by: Shamim I. Ahmad and Sandra H. Kirk
ISBN: 0-387-31972-7
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Chapter authors:
Akira Tachibana


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Fanconi anemia (FA) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a progressive pancytopenia associated with congenital anomalies and high predisposition to malig nancies.1 Certain FA cell lines are hypersensitive to DNA cross-linking agents such as mitomycin C (MMC) and diepoxybutane (DEB)2 and has been hypothesized to represent a condition of DNA repair deficiency.3,4 FA is genetically and clinically heterogeneous. However, the inherited chromosomal instability amplified by DNA cross-linking agents has been a hallmark of this disease. At least eight complementation groups (FA-A, -B, -C, -D1, -D2, -E, -F, -G) have been identified by somatic cell hybridization and linkage studied.5-7 The relative prevalence of each subtype widely varies among ethnic groups; FA-A is predominant in North America and Italy,8,9 whereas FA-C is most common in Holland, and FA-A and FA-E are equally common in Germany.10 The genes responsible for these have been identified, that is FANCA, FANCC, FANCD1/BRCA2, FANCD2, FANCE, FANCF, and FANCG.11-17

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