Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:2.4.2.8 (hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase)
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The restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) of the X-chromosome phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) and hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) genes were used to study the clonal basis of the chronic myeloproliferative disorders (CMPD). Analyses were performed on granulocyte and T-lymphocyte fractions obtained from 24 females; 13 had essential thrombocythaemia (ET), eight polycythaemia vera (PV) and three myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia (MMM). All 24 of these patients had monoclonal patterns of X-inactivation in the granulocyte fraction. For the T-lymphocyte fraction, non-clonal patterns of X-inactivation were observed in 8/13 patients with ET, 7/8 with PV and 1/3 with MMM, while the remaining eight subjects were found to have monoclonal patterns of X-inactivation. Our findings suggest that the majority of the CMPD in these patients originated from a relatively committed progenitor cell without the capacity to differentiate into T cells, and convincingly demonstrated heterogeneity of lineage involvement.
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PMID:Clonality in chronic myeloproliferative disorders defined by X-chromosome linked probes: demonstration of heterogeneity in lineage involvement. 798 39