Germline mismatch repair gene variants analyzed by universal sequencing in Japanese cancer patients.
Yoshimi KiyozumiHiroyuki MatsubayashiYasue HoriuchiSatomi HigashigawaTakuma OishiMasato AbeSumiko OhnamiKenichi UrakamiTakeshi NagashimaMasatoshi KusuharaHidehiko MiyakeKen YamaguchiPublished in: Cancer medicine (2019)
Universal sequencing of g.MMR genes demonstrated sundry benign variants, but only a small proportion of cancer patients had pathogenic variants. Pathogenicity evaluation using the ClinVar database agreed with MSI, MMR immunohistochemistry, and BRAF sequencing.