title: Immunogenotypic characteristics of chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients from northern Italy.
abstract: Ig gene analysis, carried out in 25 patients failed to show rearrangement patterns typical of each stage, but, nevertheless, confirmed the monoclonal origin of leukemic cells in these patients. In addition, in 14 of them the pattern of Ig gene rearrangements measured on two different occasions was analyzed. Only in patients who had received chemotherapy, the intensity of the Ig germline band was greater than that of the rearranged bands, indicating the reduction of lymphocytosis after the therapy. Thus, though Ig gene rearrangement could not distinguish the CLL stage, our data confirm the usefulness, at all clinical stages, of Ig gene analysis as a tool in the evaluation of the efficiency of the therapy.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica Biologica, Università degli Studi di Ferrara.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gandini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Latorraca
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: del Senno
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D005260:Female; D015322:Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000235:genetics; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007558:Italy; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains