Genome profiling of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: frequent alterations of RAS and RUNX1 genes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is a hematological disease close to, but separate from both myeloproliferative disorders (MPD) and myelodysplastic syndromes and may show either myeloproliferative (MP-CMML) or myelodysplastic (MD-CMML) features. Not much is known about the molecular biology of this disease.

Methods

We studied a series of 30 CMML samples (13 MP- and 11 MD-CMMLs, and 6 acutely transformed cases) from 29 patients by using Agilent high density array-comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) and sequencing of 12 candidate genes.

Results

Two-thirds of samples did not show any obvious alteration of aCGH profiles. In one-third we observed chromosome abnormalities (e.g. trisomy 8, del20q) and gain or loss of genes (e.g. NF1, RB1 and CDK6). RAS

SUBMITTER: Gelsi-Boyer V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2588460 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature