Yongbo Yu, Meng Zhang, Xingfeng Yao, Xiaoxing Guan, Chao Jia, Ping Chu, Ruqian Zhang, Yeran Yang, Yaqiong Jin, Huanmin Wang, Xin Ni, Lejian He, Yongli Guo
Recently, telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) gene rearrangements have been identified in neuroblastoma (NB), the typical pathological type of neuroblastic tumours (NTs); however, the prevalence of TERT rearrangements in other types of NT remains unknown. This study aimed to develop a practical method for detecting TERT defects and to evaluate the clinical relevance of TERT rearrangements as a biomarker for NT prognosis. A TERT break-apart probe for fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) was designed, optimised, and applied to assess the genomic status of TERT in Chinese children with NTs at the Beijing Children's Hospital from 2016 to 2019...
August 22, 2023: Journal of Pathology. Clinical Research