Trisomy of chromosome 16 in a neonate, 47XY,?16+.

Trisomy 16p in a liveborn infant and a review of partial and full trisomy 16.

An abnormal female infant, who survived for 10 months with almost complete trisomy 16p and monosomy of sub-band 21q22.3, is described. The chromosome anomaly was the result of an unbalanced segregation of a maternal balanced translocation t(16;21)(p11;q22.3). The partial monosomy was considered to have had little or no adverse phenotypic effect. Cases with trisomy of chromosome 16 material are ...

Trisomy of chromosome 21 in leukemogenesis.

Extra copies of chromosome 21 are often found in sporadic leukemias. Constitutional trisomy 21 of Down syndrome (DS) is associated with markedly increased risk for childhood leukemia. Thus the oncogenic role of trisomy 21 in the more common sporadic childhood leukemias may be revealed through the investigations of the relatively rare leukemias of DS. Recent studies of the megakaryoblastic leuke...

Mitochondrial dysfunction in mouse trisomy 16 brain.

Mitochondrial function in the brain of mouse trisomy 16, an animal model of Down syndrome with accelerated neuron death, was studied in isolated cortex mitochondria. Using an oxygen-sensitive Clarke electrode, a selective 16% decrease in respiration was detected with the Complex I substrates malate and glutamate but not with the Complex II substrate succinate. Western blotting revealed a 20% de...

Trisomy 16, cause of first trimester abortion.

Mosaic trisomy 16 in a live newborn infant.

Trisomy 16 is thought to be incompatible with fetal survival. A boy with mosaic trisomy 16 who lived for 11 weeks is reported. Chromosome analysis was carried out on skin fibroblasts grown during life and confirmed on samples taken at necropsy. We believe that this is the first report of mosaic trisomy 16 that has been confirmed by cytogenetic banding.