CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduate at Ciências Biológicas Modalidade Médica from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2002). Has experience in Genetics, acting on the following subjects: hereditariedade, melanoma, cdkn2a, c-myc and centrômeros. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Germline mutations in TP53 are associated with Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS), a complex and autosomal dominant syndrome, characterized by familial association of sarcomas. Breast cancer, brain tumors and adrenocortical carcinomas, are often diagnosed in these patients before they reach the age of 45. Just over 50% of individuals diagnosed with LFS have mutations in TP53, where as, the other …
Germline mutations of the DNA mismatch repair genes, MLH1 and MSH2, are the major cause of Lynch syndrome, characterized by a predisposition to the development of microsatellite unstable colorectal, endometrial and additional cancers below 50 years of age. Mutations of the minor mismatch repair genes MSH6 and PMS2 occur more rarely. However, approximately one third of cases with a clinica…
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