title: Minimal residual disease in B-lymphoproliferative disorders by PCR detection of immunoglobulin heavy chain gene recombination.
abstract: We amplified and sequenced the rearranged immunoglobulin heavy chain VDJ genomic unit in B-leukemias and used it as a clone-specific marker for the molecular monitoring of the patients during and after therapeutic treatment. The method described is patient-specific rather than disorder-specific, more sensitive and less time-consuming than other conventional techniques for the detection of minimal residual disease. We propose reproducible and quick procedures, from DNA extraction to Southern blotting, that can be easily performed in any clinical laboratory and also applied to other kinds of investigation.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Oncologia Umana, Università di Torino, Ospedale San Luigi Gonzaga, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petroni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saglio
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D006801:Humans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains