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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
In about 30% of cases, BCR/ABL transcripts are present in freshly isolated mononuclear cells from the bone marrow of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. We applied PCR to investigate the leukemic nature of ALL colony-forming unit (ALL-CFU) colonies grown in a clonogenic assay using a double feeder system. The high sensitivity of PCR enables us to detect 1 leukemic cell among 10(5) normal cells. Several controls were taken to assess contamination. In this report we studied three patients with ALL. In all of them, BCR/ABL transcripts were detected at initial diagnosis. We showed that the PCR technique could identify the leukemic nature of ALL-CFU progenitors. In addition, we demonstrated the nonleukemic nature of granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming unit (CFU-GM) and erythroid burst-forming unit (BFU-E) colonies using the same analysis. We conclude that the PCR technique is of great value in the identification of leukemic clones whenever specific molecular markers are present.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0301-472X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
312-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Autoradiography, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Hematopoietic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Leukocytes, Mononuclear, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcr, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Translocation, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1568446-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of BCR/ABL translocation by polymerase chain reaction in leukemic progenitor cells (ALL-CFU) from patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
pubmed:affiliation
Formation Affiliated Claude Bernard Unit of Research on Grafts of Hematopoietic Stem Cells, C.H.U. Saint Antoine, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't