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. 1986 Feb;83(3):807–811. doi: 10.1073/pnas.83.3.807

Lineage-related polypeptide markers in acute lymphoblastic leukemia detected by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.

S M Hanash, L J Baier, L McCurry, S A Schwartz
PMCID: PMC322954  PMID: 3484825

Abstract

We have utilized two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, coupled with ultrasensitive silver staining, to identify lineage-related polypeptide markers in lymphoblasts from children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Twelve polypeptides were detected that could distinguish between the major subgroups of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. These included a new marker for common acute lymphoblastic leukemia and markers for cells of B and T lineages. Analysis of the two-dimensional patterns also allowed the tentative identification of T-cell lineage in two cases with an otherwise undifferentiated non-T-cell non-B-cell phenotype. Two-dimensional electrophoresis thus provides a powerful tool for the delineation of the cell of origin in leukemia.

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