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Prognostic value of p 16 INK 4 a gene deletions in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Einsiedel, Hagen Graf Taube, Tillmann Hartmann, Reinhard R. K. Eckert, Cornelia Seifert, Georg Wellmann, Sven Henze, Guenter Seeger, Karl Dr. |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Abstract | cord blood), women 25 to 32 years old (young women group), and women more than 75 years old (elderly women). The frequency of skewed X inactivation in polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) increased with age: in fact, a cleavage ratio of at least 3.0 was found in 3 of 36 cord blood samples, 5 of 30 young women, and 14 of 31 elderly women. The inactivation patterns found in T lymphocytes were significantly related to those observed in PMNs in both young (P , .001) and elderly women (P , .01). Based on the above estimates, the probability that the 4 women in our family simply had age-related skewing would be 8 divided by 10 000 [(5 of 30) 4], while the probability that skewing was familial is 9992 divided by 10 000. Consequently our conclusion had a strong scientific basis. Aivado et al suggest that a comparison of leukocyte XCIP with XCIP from other tissues is needed. To define the best control tissue for the interpretation of X chromosome inactivation patterns in hematopoietic cells, we previously analyzed X chromosome inactivation patterns in different peripheral blood cell populations and in hair bulbs from healthy women belonging to different age groups. 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/bloodjournal/97/12/4002.full.pdf?sso-checked=true |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |