A SENSITIVE METHOD OF SCREENING FOR DOMINANT T-CELL CLONES BY AMPLIFICATION OF T-CELL GAMMA-GENE REARRANGEMENTS WITH THE POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION

被引:40
作者
GOUDIE, RB [1 ]
KARIM, SN [1 ]
MILLS, K [1 ]
ALCORN, M [1 ]
LEE, FD [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV GLASGOW,ROYAL INFIRM,LEUKAEMIA RES FUND LABS,GLASGOW G4 0SF,SCOTLAND
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
polymerase chain reaction; T cell lymphoma; T‐cell rearranging gamma genes; T‐cell receptor gene rearrangement; T‐lymphocyte clone;
D O I
10.1002/path.1711620304
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
A sensitive method of screening for dominant T cell clones in small samples of DNA has been developed using the polymerase chain reaction to amplify and identify T cell gamma receptor gene rearrangements. It can detect such rearrangements in nanogram quantities of DNA from cultured T cell clones, even in the presence of 20–100 parts of polyclonal lymph node DNA, and works with DNA extracted from paraffin sections of cloned T cells which have been fixed in formalin. Presumptive clonal reactions have been obtained in preliminary tests on 8 of 10 unfixed T cell lymphomas but in 0 of 10 reactive lymph nodes. Copyright © 1990 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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页码:191 / 196
页数:6
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