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HLA System and Leukemia Predisposition in a Family

Shunichi Kato, MD, PhD; Kimiyoshi Tsuji, MD, PhD; Yukiko Tsunematsu, MD; Ryo Koide, MD, PhD; Jiro Utsumi, MD, PhD

Am J Dis Child. 1983;137(7):641-644.

Abstract
• Four cases of acute lymphocytic leukemia occurred in a family comprising 30 members. Genetic and cytogenetic studies showed a possible linkage between an HLA haplotype and the leukemia predisposition that was suggested by site-directed chromosome rearrangements in cultured skin fibroblasts. The possession of genetic markers, other than HLA types, could not be linked to the occurrence of leukemia in the family. These findings suggest that the major histocompatibility complex or gene(s) linked to it may have played a part in the pathogenesis of the leukemic process in this family.

(Am J Dis Child 1983;137:641-644)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Dr Kato) and Transplantation (Dr Tsuji), Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan, the Division of Hematology and Oncology, National Children's Hospital, Tokyo (Drs Tsunematsu and Koide), and the Department of Pediatrics, Niigata (Japan) Cancer Center (Dr Utsumi).

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara 259-11, Japan (Dr Kato).

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