About 100 guests from 36 countries met on the XVIII. MetaSystems Distributor Meeting (DM) in November to exchange experiences and to get to know new trends and developments at MetaSystems.
MetaSystems DM2019 Largest in History
XL BCL2 BA
Break Apart Probe
- Order Number
- D-6018-100-OG
- Package Size
- 100 µl (10 Tests)
- Chromosome
- 1818
- Regulatory Status
- IVDD
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XL BCL2 BA consists of an orange-labeled probe hybridizing proximal to the BCL2 gene region at 18q21.3 and a green-labeled probe hybridizing distal to the BCL2 gene region at 18q21.3.
Probe maps are created in accordance with the intended purpose of the product. Solid colored bars do not necessarily indicate that the probe fully covers the indicated genomic region. Therefore, caution is advised when interpreting results generated through off-label use. Probe map details based on UCSC Genome Browser GRCh37/hg19. Map components not to scale. Further information is available on request.
The BCL2 gene rearrangement can be found in 50% of follicular lymphoma, 23.3% of B-cell lymphoma, and about 15% of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. A consequence of this translocation is an overexpression of anti-apoptotic protein BCL2, which most likely represents the initial step of malignant transformation.
The majority of rearrangements in BCL2 occur at two distinct chromosomal regions, the major breakpoint cluster region (MBR) in 70% and the minor cluster region in 10% of patient's tumors.
FISH has been shown to be of higher sensitivity and of equivalent specificity when compared to PCR on paraffin-embedded tissue sections.
Clinical Applications
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (NHL)
- Solid Tumors (Solid Tumors)
XL BCL2 BA hybridized to a prostate tissue section. The normal green-orange fusion signal pattern is observed.
Normal Cell:
Two green-orange colocalization/fusion signals (2GO).
Aberrant Cell (typical results):
One green-orange colocalization/fusion signal (1GO), one separate green (1G) and orange (1O) signal each resulting from a chromosome break in the relevant locus.
- Vaandrager et al (2000) Blood 96:1947-1952
- Godon et al (2003) Leukemia 17:255-259
- Weinberg et al (2007) J Mol Diagn 9:530-537
Package Insert (EN)Package Insert (IT)Probes Catalog
Certificate of Analysis (CoA)
or go to CoA DatabaseSecond MetaSystems User Day in Altlussheim, Germany
Neon, the outstanding MetaSystems case and image management system, offers many tools and helpful gadgets to streamline routine workflows, for example in cytogenetics labs. The second MetaSystems User Day, addressed to MetaSystems clients from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, provided in different workshops knowledge helping to unleash the full power of the system.
OOO MetaSystems Russia on the International Scientific Congress 'Genetics of XXI Century'
The Congress 'Genetics of XXI Century' in Moscow, Russia (May 2019) has been one of the most important events for the professional international community of geneticists. Our partner company in Russia OOO MetaSystems considered it a good occasion to present the new camera CoolCube 4 connected to a state-of-the-art Neon system to the public.
