title: Detection of the breakpoint cluster region-ABL fusion in chronic myeloid leukemia with variant Philadelphia chromosome translocations by in situ hybridization.
abstract: Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique has been successfully used to detect the BCR-ABL gene fusion in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) with the classic form of the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph). We applied FISH to study three CML patients showing variant Ph chromosome (either complex or simple type). The results demonstrate that the use of a yeast artificial chromosome (YAC)-derived probe (D107F9) and a cosmid probe (cos-abl 8), specific for BCR and ABL genes respectively, allows also the detection of the BCR-ABL fusion in CML patients with variant Ph.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Pediatrica dell'Universitá di Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tosi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cabot
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giudici
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Attuati
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morandi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rambaldi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Döhner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biondi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D018244:Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast; D002881:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D002892:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D005260:Female; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010677:Philadelphia Chromosome; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl