A prenatal case with multiple supernumerary markers identified as derivatives of chromosomes 13, 15, and 20: molecular cytogenetic characterization and review of the literature.

Multiple small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMCs) are among the rarest cytogenetic abnormalities as they represent roughly 1.4% of cases with sSMCs. We report on a prenatal case presenting de novo multiple sSMCs; these sSMCs were characterized by array CGH and FISH and resulted deriving from three different chromosomes: a der(13), a der(15) and a der(20).

The Polycomb BMI1 Protein Is Co-expressed With CD26+ in Leukemic Stem Cells of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.

The Polycomb gene expression exerts a negative predictive impact on several hematological malignancies, such as acute and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), myelofibrosis, and follicular lymphoma. As already demonstrated in CML, is responsible for the resistance to the tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in a -independent way. Even if, it is unknown where in CML is expressed (in progenitors or more mature cells).