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Query: UNIPROT:P43146 (tumour suppressor)
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most prevalent female endocrinopathy and the largest single cause of anovulatory infertility. The PCOS is characterized by multiple small antral follicles arrested in their development but nonatretic and viable. The hyperexpression of some growth factors (e.g. EGF/TGF alpha) in PCOS, considered to be survival or antiapoptotic factors, led to the hypothesis of their involvement in the blocking of apoptosis and atresia leading to an accumulation of multiple small antral follicles. Diminished FSH stimulation and accumulation of androgens could explain the arrest of progress to the preovulatory stage. Further investigation of the pathogenesis of PCOS is needed on the modulation of tumour suppressor and apoptosis genes such as p53, BAX or the APO/FAS system and the over expression of survival genes such as BCL2.
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PMID:Polysystic ovary syndrome--loss of the apoptotic mechanism in the ovarian follicles? 985 9

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumour of the female genital tract. However, their true prevalence is probably under-estimated, as the incidence at histology is more than double the clinical incidence. Recent longitudinal studies have estimated that the lifetime risk of fibroids in a woman over the age of 45 years is more than 60%, with incidence higher in blacks than in whites. The cause of fibroids remains unclear and their biology poorly understood. No single candidate gene has been detected for commonly occurring uterine fibroids. However, the occurrence of rare uterine fibroid syndromes, such as multiple cutaneous and uterine leiomyomatosis, has been traced to the gene that codes for the mitochondrial enzyme, fumarate hydratase. Cytogenetic abnormalities, particularly deletions of chromosome 7, which are found in up to 50% of fibroid specimens, seem to be secondary rather than primary events, and investigations into the role of tumour suppressor genes have yielded conflicting results. The key regulators of fibroid growth are ovarian steroids, both oestrogen and progestogen, growth factors and angiogenesis, and the process of apoptosis. Black race, heredity, nulliparity, obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome, diabetes and hypertension are associated with increased risk of fibroids, and there is emerging evidence that familial predisposition to fibroids is associated with a distinct pattern of clinical and molecular features compared with fibroids in families without this prevalence.
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PMID:Incidence, aetiology and epidemiology of uterine fibroids. 1853 13