Article
T cell receptor gamma (TCRG) gene rearrangements in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia refelct 'end-stage' recombinations: implications for minimal residual disease monitoring.
Leukemia - 1 Jul 2000
Szczepański T, Langerak A W, Willemse M J, Wolvers-Tettero I L, van Wering E R, van Dongen J J
Abstract excerpt
The T cell receptor gamma (TCRG) gene configuration was established in a large series of 126 T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) patients using combined Southern blotting (SB) and heteroduplex PCR analyses. The vast majority of TALL (96%) displayed clonal TCRG gene rearrangements, with biallelic recombination in 91% of patients. A small immature subgroup of CD3- T-ALL (n = 5) had both TCRG genes in...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Blotting, Southern
- Child
- Clone Cells
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Heteroduplex Analysis
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
