Cytogenetic methods are widely used during diagnosis in many types of hematological malignancies. Classical methods like karyotyping using GTG banding technique and molecular methods like fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) are still gold standard in clinics all over the world. According to WHO 2008 classification the cytogenetic analysis is the basic diagnostic tool during the diagnosis o...

Conventional cytogenetic is the standard technique for detection of Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Evaluation of abelson murine leukemia/breakpoint cluster region (abl/bcr) fusion using dualcolour fluorescence in situ hybridization (D-FISH) is an alternative approach allowing rapid and reliable detection of the disease. We employed the technique of interphase D-...

Melatonin, as an endogenous hormone, is associated with the moderation of circadian rhythm. Besides controlling sleep-wake cycle, many physiological functions melatonin have been identified, such antioxidant, immune modulating, and anti-inflammatory. The current study was designed to estimate effect different doses on gene expression (TNF) in serum mitotic index (MI) bone marrow stem cells cyto...

PURPOSE Imatinib mesylate, a specific Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has shown encouraging activity in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We treated 237 patients (median age, 50 years; age range, 18-82 years) with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)-positive accelerated-phase CML with oral imatinib mesylate at daily doses of 400 mg (26 patients) or 600 mg (211 patients) and ...

Two aminoanthraquinone analogs 1,4-bis(2-[(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]ethylamino)-9,10-anthracenedione (HAQ) and 1,4-dihydroxy-5,8-bis(2-[(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]ethylamino]-9,10-anthracenedione (DHAQ) have been shown to possess similar therapeutic activities against experimental tumors but different toxicities to the animals. In this study, the genotoxic effects of these two drugs and a new analog, 1...

We present a comprehensive study of cytogenetic alterations that occur during the progression of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). We used high-density high-throughput Affymetrix 100 K SNP arrays to obtain the whole genome SNP copy number information from 71 pretreatment tissue samples with RCC tumors; of those, 42 samples were of human ccRCC subtype. We analyzed patterns of cytogenetic ...

Cytogenetic and molecular analyses are essential disease-monitoring parameters in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) treated with imatinib. However, a bone marrow morphologic response has not been defined. We reviewed bone marrow histology and cytology of 39 imatinib-treated patients with CML over 49 weeks and introduced a morphologic response score. A significant positive correlation with a co...

Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) are a heterogeneous group of hematologic diseases characterized by refractory cytopenia(s) and variable risk of leukemic progression. Cytogenetic analysis is important in day-to-day clinical practice helping to define subgroups of MDS patients who share similarities in the course of the disease. There are recurring aberrations affecting chromosomes 5, 7, 8, and 2...

Karyotyping, or visually examining and recording chromosomal abnormalities, is commonly used to diagnose and treat disease. Karyotypes are written in the International System for Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature (ISCN), a computationally non-readable language that precludes full analysis of these genomic data. In response, we developed a cytogenetic platform that transfers the ISCN karyotypes to ...