Distribution of mutant cells in human skin : exploration of the fetal-juvenile mutability hypothesis

Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biological Engineering, 2009.

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Main Author: Kao, Leslie E
Other Authors: William G. Thilly.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/93024
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spelling mit-1721.1/930242019-04-10T18:31:48Z Distribution of mutant cells in human skin : exploration of the fetal-juvenile mutability hypothesis Kao, Leslie E William G. Thilly. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering. Biological Engineering. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biological Engineering, 2009. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-75). The multiple "hits" carcinogenesis models are extensions of the cancer incidence theory developed by researchers from Nordling (1953), Armitage-Doll (1954 and 1957), Knudson (1971), Moolgavkar and Verzon (1979), to Moolgavkar and Knudson (1981), among others. These studies relate to the evolutionary process of normal tissue cells in an individual's organ from a normal stage to an initiated pre-neoplastic stage, and finally promoted to a neoplastic stage, resulting in tumorigenesis. The most significant impact of this type of research is to gain insight into the complex process of cancer development in humans. In the case of skin cancer, epidemiological and molecular data clearly indicate that sunlight is a carcinogen, the primary cause of skin cancer, in which forms of point mutation are associated with ultraviolet radiation. Furthermore, sunlight is attributed both as a tumor initiator and a tumor promoter by favoring the clonal expansion of p53 mutated cells. By utilizing studies of the multiple genetic hit model of oncomutation and inference that preneoplasia appears to be a clonal continuation of juvenile growth in adult tissues from which one stem cell creates an embryonic organ with lethal consequences, this thesis is devoted to the analysis of the process of skin cancer development and distribution of mutant cells in human skin, as well as the calculation of and inferences based on Gostjeva and Thilly's hypothesis on mutational clone frequency is restricted to the fetal-juvenile period. by Leslie E. Kao. S.M. 2015-01-20T17:55:12Z 2015-01-20T17:55:12Z 2009 2009 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/93024 899214963 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 75 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
spellingShingle Biological Engineering.
Kao, Leslie E
Distribution of mutant cells in human skin : exploration of the fetal-juvenile mutability hypothesis
title Distribution of mutant cells in human skin : exploration of the fetal-juvenile mutability hypothesis
title_full Distribution of mutant cells in human skin : exploration of the fetal-juvenile mutability hypothesis
title_fullStr Distribution of mutant cells in human skin : exploration of the fetal-juvenile mutability hypothesis
title_full_unstemmed Distribution of mutant cells in human skin : exploration of the fetal-juvenile mutability hypothesis
title_short Distribution of mutant cells in human skin : exploration of the fetal-juvenile mutability hypothesis
title_sort distribution of mutant cells in human skin exploration of the fetal juvenile mutability hypothesis
topic Biological Engineering.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/93024
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