Cytogenetic and Molecular Genetic Prognostic Factors of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemias

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AV Misyurin

NN Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, 24 Kashirskoye sh., Moscow, Russian Federation, 115478

For correspondence: Andrei Vital’evich Misyurin, PhD, 24 Kashirskoe sh., Moscow, Russian Federation, 115478; e-mail: and@genetechnology.ru

For citation: Misyurin AV. Cytogenetic and Molecular Genetic Prognostic Factors of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemias. Clinical oncohematology. 2017;10(3):317–23 (In Russ).

DOI: 10.21320/2500-2139-2017-10-3-317-323

ABSTRACT

This review presents characteristic and reproducible chromosome rearrangements in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), which can be detected with a standard cytogenetic research (G-bands staining) or by FISH. More subtle genetic changes, inaccessible to the observation of cytogeneticists, are detected with the help of modern methods of molecular biological diagnosis. The prognostic value of cytogenetic and molecular genetic markers of ALL is shown in this article. A minimal set of clinically relevant molecular markers is presented, which it is advisable to investigate with ALL.

Keywords: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chromosomal aberration, chimeric oncogene, gene expression, gene mutation.

Received: December 3, 2016

Accepted: March 8, 2017

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