Table 3

Summary of somatic mitochondrial DNA mutations in various tumours. Values are numbers (percentages)

VariableTumour
BladderHead and neckGlioblastomaOvarianLungBreastMedulloblastomaOralNeurofibroma NF1Liver
Reference11119811134161819This study
Tumours
    All1413171014181915183120
    With mutations9 (64)6 (46)7 (41)6 (60)6 (47)11 (61)14 (74)6 (40)14 (78)14 (45)10 (50)
Mutations209251510122718263524
    mRNA11 (55)2 (22)8 (32)1 (7)05 (42)4 (15)4 (22)6 (23)01 (4.2)
    tRNA00002 (20)003 (17)000
    rRNA3 (15)1 (11)03 (20)1 (10)01 (3.7)0000
    Dloop6 (30)6 (67)17 (68)11 (73)7 (70)7 (58)22 (81.5)11 (61)20 (77)35 (100)23 (96)
    Missense or nonsense11210313400