@article{c1763ab110504c97b4abc9a1c30712ce,
title = "Gain of the short arm of chromosome 2 (2p) is a frequent recurring chromosome aberration in untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) at advanced stages",
abstract = "Using array-based CGH, we identified 2p gain in 22/78 (28%) untreated Binet stages B/C CLL, which was the second most frequent copy number change after 13q deletion. It never occurred as a sole abnormality and was associated with other changes (6q deletion; 1p gain). The region of 2p gain frequently included two oncogenes, REL and MYCN. All patients with gain of REL were unmutated for IGHV (p = 0.03). Gain of MYCN was associated with increased mRNA expression (p = 0.005), suggesting a pathogenic role for MYCN. Gain of 2p appears to be a marker of progression and may contribute to the poor prognosis.",
keywords = "2p gain, CLL, MYCN, REL",
author = "Elise Chapiro and Nathalie Leporrier and Isabelle Radford-Weiss and Christian Bastard and Hossein Mossafa and Dominique Leroux and Isabelle Tigaud and {De Braekeleer}, Marc and Christine Terr{\'e} and Fran{\c c}oise Brizard and Evelyne Callet-Bauchu and St{\'e}phanie Struski and Lauren Veronese and Sandra Fert-Ferrer and Sylvie Taviaux and Claude Lesty and Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric Davi and H{\'e}l{\`e}ne Merle-B{\'e}ral and Bernard, {Olivier A.} and Laurent Sutton and Raynaud, {Sophie D.} and Florence Nguyen-Khac",
note = "Funding Information: This work was partly supported by a Roche France grant. We thank L. Merlin and J. Ong for technical assistance, K. Maloum for his support, S. B{\'e}thery-Dostes for her help in improving the manuscript. ",
year = "2010",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.leukres.2009.03.042",
language = "English",
volume = "34",
pages = "63--68",
journal = "Leukemia Research",
issn = "0145-2126",
number = "1",
}