Gene Review:
SSX2 - synovial sarcoma, X breakpoint 2
Homo sapiens
Synonyms:
CT5.2, CT5.2A, CT5.2a, HD21, HOM-MEL-40, ...
Türeci,
Chen,
Sahin,
Güre,
Zwick,
Villena,
Tsang,
Seitz,
Old,
Pfreundschuh,
Atanackovic,
Arfsten,
Cao,
Gnjatic,
Schnieders,
Bartels,
Schilling,
Faltz,
Wolschke,
Dierlamm,
Ritter,
Eiermann,
Hossfeld,
Zander,
Jungbluth,
Old,
Bokemeyer,
Kröger,
de Bruijn,
dos Santos,
Kater-Baats,
Thijssen,
van den Berk,
Stap,
Balemans,
Schepens,
Merkx,
van Kessel,
dos Santos,
de Bruijn,
Balemans,
Janssen,
Gärtner,
Lopes,
de Leeuw,
Geurts van Kessel,
Scanlan,
Welt,
Gordon,
Chen,
Gure,
Stockert,
Jungbluth,
Ritter,
Jäger,
Jäger,
Knuth,
Old,
Ladanyi,
Antonescu,
Leung,
Woodruff,
Kawai,
Healey,
Brennan,
Bridge,
Neff,
Barr,
Goldsmith,
Brooks,
Goldblum,
Ali,
Shipley,
Cooper,
Fisher,
Skytting,
Larsson,
- Fusion of SYT to two genes, SSX1 and SSX2, encoding proteins with homology to the Kruppel-associated box in human synovial sarcoma. Crew, A.J., Clark, J., Fisher, C., Gill, S., Grimer, R., Chand, A., Shipley, J., Gusterson, B.A., Cooper, C.S. EMBO J. (1995)
- Cancer-related serological recognition of human colon cancer: identification of potential diagnostic and immunotherapeutic targets. Scanlan, M.J., Welt, S., Gordon, C.M., Chen, Y.T., Gure, A.O., Stockert, E., Jungbluth, A.A., Ritter, G., Jäger, D., Jäger, E., Knuth, A., Old, L.J. Cancer Res. (2002)
- SSX: a multigene family with several members transcribed in normal testis and human cancer. Gure, A.O., Türeci, O., Sahin, U., Tsang, S., Scanlan, M.J., Jäger, E., Knuth, A., Pfreundschuh, M., Old, L.J., Chen, Y.T. Int. J. Cancer (1997)
- Heterogeneous expression of the SSX cancer/testis antigens in human melanoma lesions and cell lines. dos Santos, N.R., Torensma, R., de Vries, T.J., Schreurs, M.W., de Bruijn, D.R., Kater-Baats, E., Ruiter, D.J., Adema, G.J., van Muijen, G.N., van Kessel, A.G. Cancer Res. (2000)
- Detection of the SYT-SSX fusion transcripts in formaldehyde-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue: a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction amplification assay useful in the diagnosis of synovial sarcoma. Lasota, J., Jasinski, M., Debiec-Rychter, M., Szadowska, A., Limon, J., Miettinen, M. Mod. Pathol. (1998)
- p300 interacts with the nuclear proto-oncoprotein SYT as part of the active control of cell adhesion. Eid, J.E., Kung, A.L., Scully, R., Livingston, D.M. Cell (2000)
- SYT-SSX gene fusion as a determinant of morphology and prognosis in synovial sarcoma. Kawai, A., Woodruff, J., Healey, J.H., Brennan, M.F., Antonescu, C.R., Ladanyi, M. N. Engl. J. Med. (1998)
- Detection of SYT-SSX fusion transcripts in synovial sarcoma by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction using archival paraffin-embedded tissues. Tsuji, S., Hisaoka, M., Morimitsu, Y., Hashimoto, H., Shimajiri, S., Komiya, S., Ushijima, M., Nakamura, T. Am. J. Pathol. (1998)
- Detection of SYT-SSX fusion transcripts in both epithelial and spindle cell areas of biphasic synovial sarcoma using laser capture microdissection. Kasai, T., Shimajiri, S., Hashimoto, H. MP, Mol. Pathol. (2000)
- Nuclear localization of SYT, SSX and the synovial sarcoma-associated SYT-SSX fusion proteins. dos Santos, N.R., de Bruijn, D.R., Balemans, M., Janssen, B., Gärtner, F., Lopes, J.M., de Leeuw, B., Geurts van Kessel, A. Hum. Mol. Genet. (1997)
- Impact of SYT-SSX fusion type on the clinical behavior of synovial sarcoma: a multi-institutional retrospective study of 243 patients. Ladanyi, M., Antonescu, C.R., Leung, D.H., Woodruff, J.M., Kawai, A., Healey, J.H., Brennan, M.F., Bridge, J.A., Neff, J.R., Barr, F.G., Goldsmith, J.D., Brooks, J.S., Goldblum, J.R., Ali, S.Z., Shipley, J., Cooper, C.S., Fisher, C., Skytting, B., Larsson, O. Cancer Res. (2002)
- Expression of SSX genes in human tumors. Türeci, O., Chen, Y.T., Sahin, U., Güre, A.O., Zwick, C., Villena, C., Tsang, S., Seitz, G., Old, L.J., Pfreundschuh, M. Int. J. Cancer (1998)
- SYT-SSX fusion genes in synovial sarcoma of the thorax. Yano, M., Toyooka, S., Tsukuda, K., Dote, H., Morimoto, Y., Ohata, N., Ichimura, K., Aoe, M., Date, H., Shimizu, N. Lung Cancer (2004)
- A novel Krüppel-associated box containing the SSX gene (SSX3) on the human X chromosome is not implicated in t(X;18)-positive synovial sarcomas. de Leeuw, B., Balemans, M., Geurts van Kessel, A. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. (1996)
- Primary synovial sarcoma of the kidney: Report of a case confirmed by molecular detection of the SYT-SSX2 fusion transcripts. Koyama, S., Morimitsu, Y., Morokuma, F., Hashimoto, H. Pathol. Int. (2001)
- The cancer-related protein SSX2 interacts with the human homologue of a Ras-like GTPase interactor, RAB3IP, and a novel nuclear protein, SSX2IP. de Bruijn, D.R., dos Santos, N.R., Kater-Baats, E., Thijssen, J., van den Berk, L., Stap, J., Balemans, M., Schepens, M., Merkx, G., van Kessel, A.G. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (2002)
- Expression of SSX-2 and SSX-4 genes in neuroblastoma. Chi, S.N., Cheung, N.K., Cheung, I.Y. Int. J. Biol. Markers (2002)
- A novel fusion gene, SS18L1/SSX1, in synovial sarcoma. Storlazzi, C.T., Mertens, F., Mandahl, N., Gisselsson, D., Isaksson, M., Gustafson, P., Domanski, H.A., Panagopoulos, I. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (2003)
- Molecular diagnosis of synovial sarcoma and characterization of a variant SYT-SSX2 fusion transcript. Fligman, I., Lonardo, F., Jhanwar, S.C., Gerald, W.L., Woodruff, J., Ladanyi, M. Am. J. Pathol. (1995)
- Dual colour fluorescence in situ hybridization to paraffin-embedded samples to deduce the presence of the der(X)t(X;18)(p11.2;q11.2) and involvement of either the SSX1 or SSX2 gene: a diagnostic and prognostic aid for synovial sarcoma. Lu, Y.J., Birdsall, S., Summersgill, B., Smedley, D., Osin, P., Fisher, C., Shipley, J. J. Pathol. (1999)
- Cancer-testis antigens are commonly expressed in multiple myeloma and induce systemic immunity following allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Atanackovic, D., Arfsten, J., Cao, Y., Gnjatic, S., Schnieders, F., Bartels, K., Schilling, G., Faltz, C., Wolschke, C., Dierlamm, J., Ritter, G., Eiermann, T., Hossfeld, D.K., Zander, A.R., Jungbluth, A.A., Old, L.J., Bokemeyer, C., Kröger, N. Blood (2007)
- A novel case of synovial sarcoma of the kidney: impact of SS18/SSX analysis of renal hemangiopericytoma-like tumors. Törnkvist, M., Wejde, J., Ahlén, J., Brodin, B., Larsson, O. Diagn. Mol. Pathol. (2004)