Gene: [17q/WT4] Wilms tumor supressor 4; Wilms tumor, type IV (familial Wilms tumor 1); [FWT1 ]

COM

Rahman-1996 carried out a genome-wide linkage search in a large Canadian family with 7 confirmed cases of WT in 3 generations. The results provided strong evidence for the localization of a familial WT predisposition gene, which they symbolized FWT1, to an 18-cM interval on Chr 17q12-q21. No congenital abnormalities or other cancers had been observed in the family. The average age of presentation was 5 years (age range of 2 to 12 years), which is older than the average age of diagnosis of sporadic WT (3 to 4 years)."

HET

See GEM:11p13/WT1

REF

PAT,LOC,LIN "Rahman N &: Nature Genet, 13, 461-463, 1996

KEY

onc, ren

CLA

unknown, basic

LOC

17 q12-21

MIM

MIM: 601363

SYN

FWT1