title: Translocation 11;14 in three children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia of T-cell origin.
abstract: Clinical, karyotypic, immunophenotypic, and molecular profiles of three TALL cases carrying a t(11;14) are discussed and compared with data in the literature. As previously reported, t(11;14)(p13;q11) was associated in one patient with a TALL profile of intermediate stage of maturation (CD7+, CD4+, CD8+). However, the same translocation was found to be present in another patient with a more immature, pro-TALL profile (CD7+, CD4-, CD8-). Both patients showed molecular rearrangements of the TCR beta chain gene. A third patient, with a very immature pro-TALL profile (CD34+, CD7+, CD4-, CD8-), carrying a t(11;14)(p15;q11), showed molecular rearrangements of the TCR beta and gamma chain genes, while the IgH chain genes were in germline configuration. Our data indicate that t(11;14) can also be present in TALLs of more immature stages of intrathymic development; the significant factor determining the clinical behavior of TALLs is apparently related more to cell differentiation than to the presence of this chromosome rearrangement.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD