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Korean J Hematol 2012; 47(4):

Published online December 31, 2012

https://doi.org/10.5045/kjh.2012.47.4.307

© The Korean Society of Hematology

Molecular methods for genomic analyses of variant PML-RARA or other RARA-related chromosomal translocations in acute promyelocytic leukemia

Min Jin Kim, M.D.1, John Jeongseok Yang, M.D.2, Claus Meyer, Ph.D.3, Rolf Marschalek, Ph.D.3, and Tae Sung Park, M.D. Ph.D.2*

1Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.

2Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-702, Korea.

3Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, ZAFES, Diagnostic Center of Acute Leukemia, Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Biocenter, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

Correspondence to : Correspondence to Tae Sung Park, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-702, Korea. Tel: +82-2-958-8673, 53jesus@hanmail.net

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Fig. 1.

Various RARA partner genes in acute promyelocytic leukemias.


  1. Palta, A, Dhiman, P, Cruz, SD. ZBTB16-RARα variant of acute promyelocytic leukemia with tuberculosis: a case report and review of literature. Korean J Hematol, 2012;47;229-232.
    Pubmed
  2. Kang, LC, Smith, SV, Kaiser-Rogers, K, Rao, K, Dunphy, CH. Two cases of acute myeloid leukemia with t(11;17) associated with varying morphology and immunophenotype: rearrangement of the MLL gene and a region proximal to the RARalpha gene. Cancer Genet Cytogenet, 2005;159;168-173.
    Pubmed
  3. Yang, JJ, Marschalek, R, Meyer, C, Park, TS. Diagnostic usefulness of genomic breakpoint analysis of various gene rearrangements in acute leukemias: a perspective of long distance- or long distance inverse-PCR-based approaches. Ann Lab Med, 2012;32;316-318.
    Pubmed
  4. Lim, G, Cho, EH, Cho, SY, et al. A novel PML-ADAMTS17-RARA gene rearrangement in a patient with pregnancy-related acute promyelocytic leukemia. Leuk Res, 2011;35;e106-e110.
    Pubmed
  5. Yang, JJ, Park, TS, Kim, MJ, et al. Acute promyelocytic leukemia with trisomy 8 showing normal PML-RARA FISH signal patterns: diagnostic application of long-distance polymerase chain reaction in molecularly discrepant leukemia cases. Ann Hematol, 2012;91;1645-1648.
    Pubmed

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Letter to the Editor

Korean J Hematol 2012; 47(4): 307-308

Published online December 31, 2012 https://doi.org/10.5045/kjh.2012.47.4.307

Copyright © The Korean Society of Hematology.

Molecular methods for genomic analyses of variant PML-RARA or other RARA-related chromosomal translocations in acute promyelocytic leukemia

Min Jin Kim, M.D.1, John Jeongseok Yang, M.D.2, Claus Meyer, Ph.D.3, Rolf Marschalek, Ph.D.3, and Tae Sung Park, M.D. Ph.D.2*

1Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.

2Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-702, Korea.

3Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, ZAFES, Diagnostic Center of Acute Leukemia, Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Biocenter, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

Correspondence to: Correspondence to Tae Sung Park, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-702, Korea. Tel: +82-2-958-8673, 53jesus@hanmail.net

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

    Fig 1.

    Figure 1.

    Various RARA partner genes in acute promyelocytic leukemias.

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    References

    1. Palta, A, Dhiman, P, Cruz, SD. ZBTB16-RARα variant of acute promyelocytic leukemia with tuberculosis: a case report and review of literature. Korean J Hematol, 2012;47;229-232.
      Pubmed
    2. Kang, LC, Smith, SV, Kaiser-Rogers, K, Rao, K, Dunphy, CH. Two cases of acute myeloid leukemia with t(11;17) associated with varying morphology and immunophenotype: rearrangement of the MLL gene and a region proximal to the RARalpha gene. Cancer Genet Cytogenet, 2005;159;168-173.
      Pubmed
    3. Yang, JJ, Marschalek, R, Meyer, C, Park, TS. Diagnostic usefulness of genomic breakpoint analysis of various gene rearrangements in acute leukemias: a perspective of long distance- or long distance inverse-PCR-based approaches. Ann Lab Med, 2012;32;316-318.
      Pubmed
    4. Lim, G, Cho, EH, Cho, SY, et al. A novel PML-ADAMTS17-RARA gene rearrangement in a patient with pregnancy-related acute promyelocytic leukemia. Leuk Res, 2011;35;e106-e110.
      Pubmed
    5. Yang, JJ, Park, TS, Kim, MJ, et al. Acute promyelocytic leukemia with trisomy 8 showing normal PML-RARA FISH signal patterns: diagnostic application of long-distance polymerase chain reaction in molecularly discrepant leukemia cases. Ann Hematol, 2012;91;1645-1648.
      Pubmed
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