Haematologica, Vol 91, Issue 3, 422-424
Copyright © 2006 by Ferrata Storti Foundation
Characterization of the t(17;19) translocation by gene-specific fluorescent in situ hybridization-based cytogenetics and detection of the E2A-HLF fusion transcript and protein in patients' cells
J Yeung,
H Kempski,
M Neat,
S Bailey,
O Smith,
and
HJ Brady
This is the first report to comprehensively characterize the E2A-HLF fusion generated from the t(17;19)(q22;p13) translocation in childhood B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia. E2A gene rearrangement and E2A-HLF transcript and protein expression were determined using conventional cytogenetics, fluorescent in situ hybridization, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting in leukemic cells from three patients.