Abstract |
Using methotrexate cell synchronization, we successfully analyzed chromosomal preparations of 40 lymph node biopsies and one bone marrow sample from 44 patients with non-Hodgkin's, non- Burkitt's lymphoma. All of the 41 patients successfully analyzed showed clonal chromosomal abnormalities. In 25 of the 41 (61%), the defects were found to be consistent with (A) a deletion 6q in five of seven patients with diffuse large cell lymphoma, (B) a t(11;14), a del 11q, or a + 12 in seven of nine patients with small cell lymphocytic lymphoma, and (C) a t(14;18) in 12 of 15 patients with follicular lymphoma (small cleaved and mixed small and large cleaved) and in a single case of diffuse large cell lymphoma. In three patients with small cell lymphocytic lymphoma whose biopsies exhibited a t(11;14), lymphocytes were cultured and chromosomes examined for the presence of fragile sites. In two, frequent breaks at band 11q13.3 were observed. Such findings suggest a possible relationship between a fragile site and a predisposition to a specific chromosomal rearrangement in human neoplasia.
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Authors | J J Yunis, M M Oken, A Theologides, R B Howe, M E Kaplan |
Journal | Cancer genetics and cytogenetics
(Cancer Genet Cytogenet)
Vol. 13
Issue 1
Pg. 17-28
(Sep 1984)
ISSN: 0165-4608 [Print] United States |
PMID | 6467179
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Female
- Humans
- Leukemia
(genetics)
- Lymphoma
(genetics, pathology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Recurrence
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