This report deals with a case of Sézary syndrome, a rare peripheral T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder, in which cytogenetic analysis performed during the disease transformation revealed the presence of a t(9;22) (q34;q11.2) translocation. Molecular analyses identified a new transcript, an e8a4 BCR-ABL fusion mRNA which could be responsible for the disease transformation.

By analysis of a series of somatic cell hybrids derived by fusion of either mouse or Chinese hamster cells with leukocytes from different chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) patients or from normal donors, we have localized the human oncogene, c-sis, on the q11 to qter segment of chromosome 22 and demonstrated its translocation from chromosome 22 to chromosome 9 (q34) in CML.

High resolution banding analysis showed a de novo interstitial deletion, 46,XX, del(2) (q32.1q34), in a malformed and severely mentally retarded girl aged nine years. Biochemical studies showed that the proband had half normal activities of both erythrocyte isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH1) and ribulose 5-phosphate 3-epimerase (RPE). It is suggested that the gene for RPE is located on the segment...

Although chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is characterized by the Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome, which is the result of t(9;22) (q34;q11) or its variants, 10%-20% of cases have additional cytogenetic abnormalities. The most common additional abnormalities are loss of the Y chromosome, +8, +Ph, and i(17q). Since these additional chromosome abnormalities are signs of disease progression, it is impor...

used for thyroid disease could generate a chromosomal aberration, particularly (t 9,22) (q34 q11) developing, with a long latency, CML or in this case Ph+ ALL. Although the risk of leukemia after 131I exposure cannot be considered a contraindication to 131I therapy, strict hematologic follow-up of patients submitted to 131I treatment is recommended. Retrospective analysis of 131I exposure in la...

Association studies, comparing elite athletes with sedentary controls, have reported a number of genes that may be related to athlete status. The present study reports the first genome wide linkage scan for athlete status. Subjects were 4488 adult female twins from the TwinsUK Adult Twin Registry (793 monozygotic [MZ] and 1000 dizygotic [DZ] complete twin pairs, and single twins). Athlete statu...