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    1 susceptibility protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BRCA1 (/ˌbrækəˈwʌn/) gene. Orthologs are common in other vertebrate species, whereas...
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    A BRCA mutation is a mutation in either of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which are tumour suppressor genes. Hundreds of different types of mutations in these...
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    via homologous recombination. The well-known cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are also examples of FA genes (FANCS and FANCD1 respectively)...
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    caused by a combination of genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors. BRCA1 is an example of a genotype with reduced penetrance. By age 70, the mutation...
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    is a whole-genome sequencing (WGS)-based classifier designed to predict BRCA1 and BRCA2 deficiency based on six mutational signatures. Additionally, the...
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    BRCA1-A complex subunit BRE is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BRE gene. BRE, the protein product of the BRE (gene), is a core component of...
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    The genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 show loss of heterozygosity in samplings of tumors from patients who have germline mutations.[citation needed] BRCA1/2 are genes...
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    Cofactor of BRCA1, also known as COBRA1, is a human gene that encodes NELF-B. NELF-B is a subunit of negative elongation factor (NELF), which also includes...
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    If BRCA1 or BRCA2 itself is damaged by a BRCA mutation, damaged DNA is not repaired properly, and this increases the risk for breast cancer. BRCA1 and...
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    are related to inherited genetic risk; women with mutations in the genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 have about a 50% chance of developing the disease. Some family...
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    genetic factors. Women with an inherited mutation in the DNA repair gene BRCA1 undergo menopause prematurely, suggesting that naturally occurring DNA damages...
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    are not known, a link with certain variants of BRCA1/2 has been described. Furthermore, women with BRCA1/2 mutation have a 5% risk of developing primary...
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    Fanconi anemia group J protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BRCA1-interacting protein 1 (BRIP1) gene. The protein encoded by this gene is...
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    use. The new name references Mary-Claire King who identified the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2. Most hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndromes are inherited...
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    linkage analysis of a gene associated with increased risk for breast cancer (BRCA1) to the long arm of chromosome 17. To further locate the actual gene, Dr...
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    BRCA1-associated ATM activator 1 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the BRAT1 gene. The protein encoded by this ubiquitously expressed gene interacts...
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    BRCA1-associated RING domain protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BARD1 gene. The human BARD1 protein is 777 amino acids long and contains...
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    A (April 2003). "Negative regulation of BRCA1 gene expression by HMGA1 proteins accounts for the reduced BRCA1 protein levels in sporadic breast carcinoma"...
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    associated with cancer, such as p53, BRCA1 and BRCA2, occur in mechanisms to correct errors in DNA. The inherited mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes can interfere...
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  • Specifically, RRSO provides BRCA1 mutation carriers with no prior breast cancer a 70% reduction of ovarian cancer risk. BRCA1 mutation carriers with prior...
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    good copy of both BRCA1 and BRCA2. Many breast cancers have defects in the BRCA1/BRCA2 HR repair pathway due to mutations in either BRCA1 or BRCA2, or other...
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  • cancer TP53, WT1, Ki67, Topo-II, BRCA1, BRCA2 Cervical cancer Ki67, MYC, p16INK4a, PTEN, Bm-3a Breast cancer BRCA1, BRCA2, HER-2, TP53, EGFR Prostate...
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  • repaired. BRCA1 is involved in the repair of chromosomal damage with an important role in the error-free repair of DNA double-strand breaks. BRCA1 expression...
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    seem to play a role in the development of breast and ovarian cancer in the BRCA1 gene, many of which are frameshift. Crohn's disease has an association with...
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    Helicases are a class of enzymes thought to be vital to all organisms. Their main function is to unpack an organism's genetic material. Helicases are motor...
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    progression of the cell is impaired. Additionally, BRCA1 and BRCA2 levels fall when hnRNP C is lost. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are crucial tumor-suppressor genes which...
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    ovarian cancer, such as individuals who may have pathogenic variants of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene. Originally salpingectomy was used in cases of ectopic pregnancies...
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    possess a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation or have a first-degree relative with such a mutation, even in the absence of the patient being tested for BRCA1/2 mutations...
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    repression of BRCA1 may occur more frequently by over-produced microRNA-182 than by hypermethylation of the BRCA1 promoter (see Low expression of BRCA1 in breast...
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    BRCA1 C Terminus (BRCT) domain is a family of evolutionarily related proteins. It is named after the C-terminal domain of BRCA1, a DNA-repair protein...
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