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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-24
pubmed:abstractText
The purging efficacy of the Miltenyi sorting system was evaluated by qualitative and TaqMan quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in myeloma patients, using immunoglobulin genes. After small-scale selection, qualitative PCR showed that in 6 of 12 leukaphereses myeloma cells were no longer detectable. Envisaging a possible clinical application, the leukaphereses from three patients underwent large-scale selection. Qualitative PCR showed that myeloma cells were still detectable. Quantitative PCR, performed in two patients, showed a tumour depletion of 1 and 2 logs respectively. Although numbers are small, the promising results obtained with small-scale selection were not reproduced in large-scale experiments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0007-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
642-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Qualitative and quantitative polymerase chain reaction detection of the residual myeloma cell contamination after positive selection of CD34+ cells with small- and large-scale Miltenyi cell sorting system.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Haematology, Laboratory of Molecular Haematology, Istituto H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies