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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-8-30
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with MLL gene rearrangements is characterized by a proB phenotype and a poor clinical outcome. We analyzed an infant proB ALL with t(2;11)(p15;p14) and an MLL rearrangement on Southern blot analysis. Rapid amplification of cDNA ends-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and reverse transcriptase-PCR identified the LAF4 gene mapped on chromosome region 2q11.2-q12 as a fusion partner of the MLL gene. The LAF4 gene was identified previously by its high sequence homology to the AF4 protein and encodes a protein of 1,227 amino acids. The t(4;11)(q21;q23), creating the MLL-AF4 chimeric transcripts, is the predominant 11q23 chromosome translocation in infant ALL and is associated with an extremely poor prognosis. Our findings further suggest that fusion of MLL to one of the AF4 family members (AF4/LAF4/AF5Q31) might determine a proB-cell phenotype in infant leukemia.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1045-2257
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
92-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Karyotyping, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Oncogene Proteins, Fusion, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Proto-Oncogenes, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12203795-Translocation, Genetic
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
LAF4, an AF4-related gene, is fused to MLL in infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't