But mutations, which are found in 96 percent of patients with high - grade
serous ovarian tumors, can cause p53 to form clumps, or «aggregates,» which impair the protein's normal function.
Not exact matches
Importantly, elevated BRCA1 methylation was confined to patients diagnosed with so - called high - grade
serous tumors, the most aggressive variant of
ovarian cancer, which also is the variant associated with BRCA1 mutations.
A section of a
tumor organoid grown from cells derived from a patient with high - grade
serous ovarian cancer (left) and a mini-
tumor treated with ReACp53, resulting in extensive cancer cell death.
«We think that by isolating the CA125 - negative
tumor cells we have uncovered this reservoir of carboplatin - resistant high - grade
serous ovarian cancer cells.»
Association and prognostic significance of BRCA1 / 2 - mutation status with neoantigen load, number of
tumor - infiltrating lymphocytes and expression of PD - 1 / PD - L1 in high grade
serous ovarian cancer.