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Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Anthonie Willem Langerak

Jacobus Johannes Maria Van Dongen

Christian Bastard

Eduardus Maria Dominicus Schuuring

Michael Hummel

John Lewis Smith

Jacobus Johannus Maria Van Dongen

Frances Louise Lavender

Gareth John Morgan

Paul Anthony Stuart Evans

Michael Kneba

Ramon Garcia Sanz

Elizabeth Anne Macintyre

Antonio Parreira

Jesus Fernando San Miquel

Jesus Fernando San Miguel

Frederic Bernard Louis Davi

Monika Brüggemann

Ramon Garzia Sanz

The invention relates to PCR-based clonality studies for among others early diagnosis of lymphoproliferative disorders. Provided is a set of nucleic acid amplification primers comprising a forward primer, or a variant thereof, and a reverse primer, or a variant thereof, capable of amplifying a rearrangement selected from the group consisting of a VH-JH IGH rearrangement, a DH-JH IGH rearrangement, a VK-J&#x3ba; IGK rearrangement, a VK/intron-Kde IGK rearrangement, a V&#x3bb;-J&#x3bb; IGL rearrangement, a V&#x3b2;-J&#x3b2; TCRB rearrangement, a D&#x3b2;-J&#x3b2; TCRB rearrangement, a V&#x3b3;-J&#x3b3; TCRG rearrangement, a V&#x3b4;-J&#x3b4; TCRD rearrangement, a D&#x3b4;-D&#x3b4; TCRD rearrangement, a D&#x3b4;-J&#x3b4; TCRD rearrangement, a V&#x3b4;-D&#x3b4; TCRD rearrangement, or a translocation selected from t(11;14)(BCL1-IGH) and t(14;18)(BCL2-IGH). The primers can be used in PCR-based clonality studies for early diagnosis of lymphoproliferative disorders and detection of minimal residual disease (MRD). Also provided is a kit comprising at least one set of primers of the invention.

Nucleic acid amplification primers for PCR-based clonality studies

The invention relates to PCR-based clonality studies for among others early diagnosis of lymphoproliferative disorders. Provided is a set of nucleic acid amplification primers comprising a forward primer, or a variant thereof, and a reverse primer, or a variant thereof, capable of amplifying a rearrangement selected from the group consisting of a VH-JH IGH rearrangement, a DH-JH IGH rearrangement, a VK-JK IGK rearrangement, a VK/intron-Kde IGK rearrangement, a V&#x3bb;-J&#x3bb; IGL rearrangement, a V&#x3b2;-J&#x3b2; TCRB rearrangement, a D&#x3b2;-J&#x3b2; TCRB rearrangement, a V&#x3b3;-J&#x3b3; TCRG rearrangement, a V&#x3b4;-J&#x3b4; TCRD rearrangement, a D&#x3b4;-D&#x3b4; TCRD rearrangement, a D&#x3b4;-J&#x3b4; TCRD rearrangement, a V&#x3b4;-D&#x3b4; TCRD rearrangement, or a translocation selected from t(11;14)(BCL1-IGH) and t(14;18)(BCL2-IGH). The primers can be used in PCR-based clonality studies for early diagnosis of lymphoproliferative disorders and detection of minimal residual disease (MRD). Also provided is a kit comprising at least one set of primers of the invention.

The invention relates to the field of cytogenetics and the application of genetic diagnostic techniques in pathology and hematology. Specifically, the invention relates to nucleic acid probes that can be used in hybridization techniques for the detection of chromosomal aberrations and other gene rearrangements such as immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor gene rearrangements. The probes provided by the invention are a distinct and balanced set of probes of comparable size, each preferably being from 1 to 100 kb, or smaller, and flanking a potential breakpoint in a chromosome.

Molecular detection of chromosome aberrations

The invention relates to the field of cytogenetics and the application of genetic diagnostic techniques in pathology and hematology. Specifically, the invention relates to nucleic acid probes that can be used in hybridization techniques for the detection of chromosomal aberrations and other gene rearrangements such as immunoglobulin and T cell receptor gene rearrangements. The probes provided by the invention are a distinct and balanced set of probes of comparable size each preferably being from 1 to 100 kb, or smaller, and flanking a potential breakpoint in a chromosome.

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Barendrecht, Netherlands

Anthonie Willem Langerak