| Literature DB >> 8675643 |
J M Abdallah1, D P Lombardi, I R Kirsch.
Abstract
We have studied the effect of chemotherapy on the level of a particular kind of genetic instability in patients with Hodgkin's disease. The particular type of genetic instability assayed is exemplified by trans-rearrangements between two (rather than within one) T cell antigen receptor. 16 patients were studied during their course of treatment. Presentation samples were available for 13 of these patients; 9 of them showed an increase in the level of trans-rearrangements during their exposure to chemotherapeutic agents (P < 0.043). All patients for whom posttherapy samples were available (10 out of 16) showed a return to baseline levels of trans-rearrangements 1-5 mo after completion of therapy (P < 0.03). Thus, this assay appears to be a marker for the "destabilizing" effects of certain chemotherapeutic agents.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 8675643 PMCID: PMC185983 DOI: 10.1172/JCI118343
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Invest ISSN: 0021-9738 Impact factor: 14.808