title: Chronic T-cell leukemias. II. Cytogenetic studies.
abstract: Chromosome abnormalities were documented in the PHA-stimulated lymphoid cells from 10 patients with chronic T-cell leukemias (6 T-PLL, 3 T-CLL and 1 T-LCL). One or more marker chromosomes were present in most metaphases in every case of T-PLL but they were different in each case. Structural abnormalities were also observed in T-CLL and T-LCL but less consistently. Chromosomes involved in marker formation in two or more cases were: Nos. 2, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 16. The karyotype was hypodiploid in five cases and hyperdiploid in two. Chromosomes Nos. 2 and 8 were the most frequently involved in structural and numerical abnormalities: Nos. 8 in 2 T-CLL and the 6 T-PLL and No. 2 in 1 T-CLL, 1 T-LCL and 5 T-PLL. Abnormalities of chromosome No. 2 are rare in human neoplastic disease but may be common in T-lymphoproliferative disorders. The differences between T-PLL and T-CLL reported here may have some bearing on the clinical features. T-PLL, characterised in all cases by clonal abnormalities, has an aggressive clinical course. In contrast, T-CLL with less consistent karyotypic changes has a protracted and benign clinical evolution.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002900:Chromosomes, Human, 1-3 / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002902:Chromosomes, Human, 16-18 / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002906:Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004171:Diploidy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D007938:Leukemia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D010835:Phytohemagglutinins