Von Hippel-Lindau-Syndrom (VHL)

von-Hippel Lindau (VHL) hereditary cancer syndrome

Inactivating germline von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) mutations

| The von Hippel–Lindau disease is caused by inactivating germline mutations of the VHL tumour suppressor gene and is associated with an increased risk of a variety of tumours in an allele-specific manner. The role of the heterodimeric transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) in the pathogenesis of VHL-defective tumours has been more firmly established during the past 5 years. In add...

Germline mutations in the Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene

Introduction Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a complex, autosomal, dominant inherited disorder, variably presenting with retinal and cerebellar haemangioblastoma, renal cell carcinoma, phaeochromocytoma and endolymphatic sac tumours. Cysts and cystadenoma may develop in kidney, pancreas and epididymis. Germline mutations in the VHL tumour suppressor gene are found in most of the families ful...

Constitutional von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene deletions detected in VHL families by fluorescence in situ hybridization.

von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is an autosomal dominantly inherited cancer syndrome predisposing to a variety of tumor types that include retinal hemangioblastomas, hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system, renal cell carcinomas, pancreatic cysts and tumors, pheochromocytomas, endolymphatic sac tumors, and epididymal cystadenomas [W. M. Linehan et al., J. Am. Med. Assoc., 273: 564-570, ...

Von Hippel-Lindau disease.