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Whole genome scanning as a cytogenetic tool in hematologic malignancies.

Jaroslaw P Maciejewski, Ghulam J Mufti

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Review in Blood, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jaroslaw P MaciejewskiExperimental Hematology and Hematopoiesis Section, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA. maciejj@ccf.org
Ghulam J Mufti

Funding

Predisposition to chromosomal alterations in MDSR01HL082983 · NHLBI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI MACIEJEWSKI, JAROSLAW P. · 2005 to 2008
$1.5M
Training/Research Center-Bone Marrow Failure SyndromesK24HL077522 · NHLBI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI MACIEJEWSKI, JAROSLAW P. · 2005 to 2014
$1.2M
LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE: NEUROSCIENCES10RR019391 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI EPSTEIN, PAUL N. · 2004 to 2004
$315k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR019391NCRR NIH HHS U54 RR019391NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL077522NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL082983
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the years, methods of cytogenetic analysis evolved and became part of routine laboratory testing, providing valuable diagnostic and prognostic information in hematologic disorders. Karyotypic aberrations contribute to the understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of disease and thereby to rational application of therapeutic modalities. Most of the progress in this field stems from the application of metaphase cytogenetics (MC), but recently, novel molecular technologies have been introduced that complement MC and overcome many of the limitations of traditional cytogenetics, including a need for cell culture. Whole genome scanning using comparative genomic hybridization and single nucleotide polymorphism arrays (CGH-A; SNP-A) can be used for analysis of somatic or clonal unbalanced chromosomal defects. In SNP-A, the combination of copy number detection and genotyping enables diagnosis of copy-neutral loss of heterozygosity, a lesion that cannot be detected using MC but may have important pathogenetic implications. Overall, whole genome scanning arrays, despite the drawback of an inability to detect balanced translocations, allow for discovery of chromosomal defects in a higher proportion of patients with hematologic malignancies. Newly detected chromosomal aberrations, including somatic uniparental disomy, may lead to more precise prognostic schemes in many diseases.

Indexed as

Chromosome AberrationsCytogenetic AnalysisGenomicsHematologic NeoplasmsHumans

Identifiers

PMID18505780
PMCPMC2515145

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