[Study on the relationship between 22q11 microdeletion and congenital heart disease].

To investigate if microdeletion of chromosome 22q11 is an epidemiologically important cause of congenital heart disease (CHD), we studied 25 cases with CHD phenotypes. Venous blood samples were tested by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for microdeletion of 22q11. Among 23 cases with simple CHD, 19 were shown not to have microdeletion of 22q11 and the other 4 cases were shown to have 22q11 microdeletion.

[13q14 aberration is related to the metastatic potential of human NSCLC].

A large number of numerical and structural aberrations were analyzed in human tumor metastatic cells and 13q14 aberrations were frequently detected in some types of metastatic cancers. The rearrangement of 13q14 was identified previously in two lung adenocarcinoma cell lines with the same origin but different metastatic potential AGZY83-a and Anip973. BRI gene showed different expression levels in the cell lines as revealed by mRNA differential display (mRNA DD) in the two cell lines, and located in 13q14.

[Sequence analysis and expression study of BRI gene in two lung adenocarcinoma cell lines with different metastatic potential].

Objective: To investigate the sequence of amyloid fibrils (BRI) gene and its expression in two lung adenocarcinoma cell lines AGZY83-a and Anip973 with the same tumor origin but different metastatic potential.

Methods: DNA sequencing, sequential G banding fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and Northern blot were used to analyze the sequence and expression of BRI gene was in two lung adenocarcinoma cell lines with different metastatic potential.

Results: The expression of BRI gene was up-regulated in the highly metastatic cell line Anip973 and was down-regulated in the low metastatic cell line AGZY83-a from which the Anip973 was derived.