PMID: 18199987Jan 18, 2008Paper

Conventional and molecular cytogenetic features of myelodysplastic syndrome in China

Experimental Oncology
L- J ChenY- Q Xue

Abstract

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) constitutes a heterogeneous group of hematopoietic stem cell disorder characterized by peripheral blood cytopenia(s), in the presence of hypercellular bone marrow with features of ineffective hematopoiesis, and susceptibility to acute leukemia (AL). Although the precise pathogenesis of MDS remains to be clarified, cytogenetic abnormalities seem to be involved in its pathogenesis and are considered as an important factor in diagnosis and predicting clinical outcome. To explore the cytogenetic features of Chinese patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Conventional cytogenetic analysis was performed in 88 MDS patients and among them, 34 cases were studied by interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (I-FISH) with precisely chromosome 8 centromere specific DNA probe and DNA specific probes for 7q32 , 5q31. Of the 88 patients, 45 (51.1%) showed clonal karyotypic abnormalities by CC at diagnosis, including numerical changes (18 cases, 20.5%), structural changes (12 cases, 13.6%), and numerical and structural changes simultaneously(15 cases, 17.0%). Trisomy 8, -5/5q-, and -7/ 7q- account for 20.5%, 15.9%, and 5.7% respectively. Complex karyotypes were observed in 17 patients, the incidence bei...Continue Reading

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