Cytogenetic studies using HPCM-stimulated short-term liquid cultures of circulating hemopoietic precursor cells in patients with myelofibrosis.

Cytogenetic studies were performed on nine patients with myelofibrosis. Mononuclear cells from the peripheral blood were cultured for two days in the presence of human placenta-conditioned medium (HPCM) prior to the preparation of metaphases. Two patients showed abnormal clones. In one of them the Y chromosome was missing. In the other patient the abnormal clone was characterized by the involvement of the chromosomes 7 and 9 (46,XX,7q-,-9,+mar). The significance of cytogenetically abnormal circulating hemopoietic precursor cells in patients with myelofibrosis is discussed.