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Figure 1.1<br />

a Normal Tumor b Normal Tumor<br />

c Normal Tumor<br />

Copy Number Loss /<br />

Loss <strong>of</strong> heterozygosity (LOH)<br />

d<br />

e<br />

Normal<br />

Tumor<br />

Normal<br />

Tumor<br />

Allelic Imbalance<br />

AATACGCGCGCGTCGCATCCAGCATGAACAGA<br />

TTATGCGCGCGCAGCGTAGGTCGTACTTGTCT<br />

AATACGCGCGCGTCGCATCCAGCATGAACAGA<br />

TTATGCGCGCGCAGCGTAGGTCGTACTTGTCT<br />

DNA Hypermethylation<br />

AATACGCGCGCGTCGCATCCAGCATGAACAGA<br />

TTATGCGCGCGCAGCGTAGGTCGTACTTGTCT<br />

AATACGCGCGCGTCGCATCCAGCATGAACTGA<br />

TTATGCGCGCGCAGCGTAGGTCGTACTTGACT<br />

Somatic mutation<br />

Figure 1.1. Multiple mechanisms <strong>of</strong> alteration leading to the same downstream consequences.<br />

(a) Illustration <strong>of</strong> copy number loss. Loss <strong>of</strong> a particular chromosomal region<br />

in tumors. (b) Illustration <strong>of</strong> allelic imbalance. While both alleles are present, there is a<br />

preferential increase <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the alleles. (c) Ilustration <strong>of</strong> uniparental disomy. While<br />

overall the total number <strong>of</strong> DNA copies is normal, one part <strong>of</strong> an allele is lost and replaced<br />

by a part from the other allele. (d) Promoter hypermethylation in tumors which results in<br />

suppression <strong>of</strong> gene transcription. (e) Somatic mutation in the tumor which can lead to the<br />

transcription <strong>of</strong> a truncated (possibly non-functional) transcript. Mechanisms shown in (a),<br />

(c), (d), and (e) can lead to the same net downstream effect in loss <strong>of</strong> gene and protein<br />

expression. For (a), (b), and (c), though whole chormosomes are shown, these events can<br />

vary in scale from a focal region <strong>of</strong> change to a whole chormosome arm. The green arrow<br />

represents the transcription start site.<br />

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Uniparental disomy (UPD)<br />

Premature stop,<br />

truncated transcript

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