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Najfeld, V. et al.

Najfeld, Fuchs, Merando, Lezon-Geyda, Fruchtman,

Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of the PRV-1 gene in polycythemia vera: implications for its role in diagnosis and pathogenesis.

OBJECTIVE: In polycythemia vera (PV) there is no specific clonal marker because the molecular lesion responsible for PV is unknown. The recent demonstration that the PRV-1 gene is overexpressed in granulocytes from patients with PV provided the rationale for the current study to investigate whether PRV-1 is structurally rearranged, thus explaining its aberrant expression. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fluorescence in situ hybridization was used to determine chromosomal localization of PRV-1 and to study whether the PRV1 gene is rearranged in 26 patients with PV. RESULTS: PRV-1 was localized to chromosome 19, band region q13.12-2. Structural rearrangements of PRV-1 were evaluated in bone marrow cells from 26 patients with PV: 14 with a normal karyotype and 12 with an abnormal karyotype. None of 150 metaphase cells or more than 10,000 interphase cells demonstrated PRV-1 gene deletion, amplification, or separation of the probe signal, which would indicate a PRV-1 rearrangement. CONCLUSION: These findings are consistent with a lack of structural rearrangement of PRV-1 in patients with PV. Thus, overexpression of PRV-1 in granulocytes from patients with PV is related to mechanisms that do not involve structural genetic changes.[1]

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Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of the PRV-1 gene in polycythemia vera: implications for its role in diagnosis and pathogenesis. Najfeld, V., Fuchs, S., Merando, P., Lezon-Geyda, K., Fruchtman, S. Exp. Hematol. (2003) [Pubmed]

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