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Qualitative and quantitative polymerase chain reaction detection of the residual myeloma cell contamination after positive selection of CD34+ cells with small- and large-scale Miltenyi cell sorting system

  • Claudia Voena
  • , Giovanni Locatelli
  • , Claudia Castellino
  • , Paola Omedè
  • , Marco Ladetto
  • , Elisabetta Zappone
  • , Raffaella Milani
  • , Vittorio Perfetti
  • , Mario Boccadoro
  • , Alessandro Pileri
  • , Paolo Lusso
  • , Chiara Villa
  • , Mauro Malnati
  • , Paolo Corradini

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Abstract

The purging efficacy of the Miltenyi sorting system was evaluated by qualitative and TaqMan quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in myeloma patients, using immunoglobulin genes. After small-scale selection, qualitative PCR showed that in 6 of 12 leukaphereses myeloma cells were no longer detectable. Envisaging a possible clinical application, the leukaphereses from three patients underwent large-scale selection. Qualitative PCR showed that myeloma cells were still detectable. Quantitative PCR, performed in two patients, showed a tumour depletion of 1 and 2 logs respectively. Although numbers are small, the promising results obtained with small-scale selection were not reproduced in large-scale experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)642-645
Number of pages4
JournalBritish Journal of Haematology
Volume117
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CD34 cell selection
  • Immunoglobulin genes
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Taqman PCR

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