Cytogenetic and molecular studies of siblings with ataxia telangiectasia followed for 7 years

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1997 Jun;95(2):178-82. doi: 10.1016/s0165-4608(96)00256-7.

Abstract

We present cytogenetic, immunologic, and molecular data obtained over 7 years from a family with ataxia telangiectasia (AT) including 2 affected children and their unaffected sibling, and their obligate heterozygous parents. In a period of 3 years, the T lymphocytes from both AT patients showed clonal rearrangements of chromosomes 7 and 14 at specific bands (7p13, 7q35, 14q12, and 14q32), where loci for the Ig and TCH genes are located. A molecular study was carried out on peripheral blood and bone marrow samples from both patients using Southern blot and PCR for Ig and TCR genes. A monoclonal population for TCR gamma was observed in one of the two affected children, but only in peripheral blood.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia / genetics*
  • Chromosome Aberrations
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nuclear Family