PMID- 10576509 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19991208 LR - 20190826 IS - 0145-2126 (Print) IS - 0145-2126 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 11 DP - 1999 Nov TI - p53 gene deletion and trisomy 12 in hairy cell leukemia and its variant. PG - 1041-5 AB - The deletion or mutation of the p53 tumour suppressor gene on chromosome 17p13 is known to be associated with aggressive disease in several B-cell malignancies. The present study describes the p53 gene status in 20 cases of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) and in 12 cases of its morphological variant (HCL-V) by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). A high incidence of p53 deletion was found in both diseases (75-100% of cases). However, a significant difference was observed between the proportion of cells with p53 deletion in HCL-V cases (mean 31%) and HCL cases (mean 12%) P value < 0.01. The observed difference correlates with the well known tendency for transformation and poor response to therapy in HCL-V and seven cases of HCL-V with greater than 22% of cells with p53 deletion showed features of disease progression and transformation. Trisomy 12 was present in 8.5% of the cells in one case of HCL-V and in 6-8% of cells in three cases of HCL. FAU - Vallianatou, K AU - Vallianatou K AD - Academic Department of Haematology and Cytogenetics, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust/Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK. FAU - Brito-Babapulle, V AU - Brito-Babapulle V FAU - Matutes, E AU - Matutes E FAU - Atkinson, S AU - Atkinson S FAU - Catovsky, D AU - Catovsky D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Leuk Res JT - Leukemia research JID - 7706787 SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - *Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12 MH - Female MH - *Gene Deletion MH - *Genes, p53 MH - Humans MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Leukemia, Hairy Cell/*genetics MH - Male MH - *Trisomy EDAT- 1999/11/27 00:00 MHDA- 1999/11/27 00:01 CRDT- 1999/11/27 00:00 PHST- 1999/11/27 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/11/27 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/11/27 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0145-2126(99)00127-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0145-2126(99)00127-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Leuk Res. 1999 Nov;23(11):1041-5. doi: 10.1016/s0145-2126(99)00127-7.