title: MLL amplification in myeloid malignancies: clinical, molecular, and cytogenetic findings.
abstract: Structural rearrangements involving the MLL gene at 11q23 are common recurring abnormalities in de novo and therapy-related hematologic disorders. MLL rearrangement most often results from translocation or partial tandem duplication, although recent published reports suggest a different mechanism by which MLL might participate in leukemogenesis: MLL amplification. We report two patients with myeloid disorders who showed amplification of MLL at diagnosis and who, like the majority of reported cases, had an older age at onset and on aggressive clinical course. Additionally, we summarize the salient clinical, cytogenetic and molecular findings of the 29 other cases of MLL amplification that have thus far been reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA. dolan009@tc.umn.edu
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dolan
authors.forename: Ronald C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: McGlennen
authors.forename: Betsy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005784:Gene Amplification; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497422:KMT2A protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase