The molecular pathology laboratory of the 21st century.
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چکیده
Human cells contain deoxyribonucleic acid in mitochondria and nuclei. Human diseases may be caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA, nuclear DNA or both. The volume of work performed in the diagnostic molecular pathology laboratory will continue to grow as more disease-related mutations are discovered. Many factors will influence the diagnostic molecular pathology laboratory in the 21st century, such as future clinical laboratory organization, amplification methods, specimen integrity, ethical guidelines and opportunities to expand service. In the evaluation of a patient suspected of a mitochondrial DNA mutation, care must be exercised in the selection of a primer for amplification and of the specimen to be examined for the mutation. The uneven distribution of normal and abnormal mitochondrial DNA within the various tissues (heteroplasmy) may result in a normal mitochondrial DNA sequence if the wrong tissue is examined. The presence of mitochondrial-like sequences (pseudogenes) within nuclear DNA may result in amplification of nuclear genes if generic primers are used to duplicate a mitochondrial DNA gene. Diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous disease with mutations occurring in a variety of proteins leading to either prereceptor, receptor or postreceptor defects. In this example, the diagnostic molecular pathology laboratory may be asked to define the specific genotype a specific patient with this common phenotype may possess.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of clinical and laboratory science
دوره 29 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999