OTHER BENIGN HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS

OTHER BENIGN HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS

OTHER BENIGN HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS
B5088 GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (G6PD) Mutation Screening
Mutation screening in the coding regions of the G6PD gene by DNA sequencing.
9 mL of EDTA anticoagulated peripheral blood (purple top) tube. Stored at 4°C.
B5051 Gilbert's Syndrome – UGT1A1 polymorphism screening.
Screening of the (TA) repeats polymorphism causing Gilbert’s Syndrome in the UDP-glucuronyl transferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) gene by PCR & capillary electrophoresis.
9 mL of EDTA anticoagulated peripheral blood (purple top) tube. Stored at 4°C.
B5069 Hereditary Haemochromatosis Mutation Screening

Screening of mutations in genes involved in the hepcidin regulatory pathway by DNA sequencing.

1. Mutation screening of HFE gene.
2. Mutation screening of HFE2 (HJV) gene.
3. Mutation screening of HAMP gene.
9 mL of EDTA anticoagulated peripheral blood (purple top) tube. Stored at 4°C.
B5086 Osteopetrosis- Mutation Screening

The following genes are screened by DNA sequencing in patients with osteopetrosis.
1. Mutation screening of TCIRG1 gene
2. Mutation screening of CLCN7 gene
3. Mutation screening of RANK (TNFRSF11A) gene
4. Mutation screening of RANKL (TNFSF11A) gene
9 mL of EDTA anticoagulated peripheral blood (purple top) tube. Stored at 4°C.
B5060 ELA2 MUTATION SCREENING

ELA2 gene mutations screening for cyclical neutropenia by DNA sequencing.

1. ELA2 Gene - Promotor and Exons 1-5 are analyzed
9 mL Peripheral blood in EDTA (Purple top) tube. Stored at 4°C.
B5087 TERC Gene mutation analysis

Telomere RNA component (TERC) gene mutations screened by DNA sequencing in patients suspected with dyskeratosis congenita and inherited aplastic anaemia.

9 mL of EDTA anticoagulated peripheral blood (purple top) tube. Stored at 4°C.
B5078 FANCONI ANEMIA
1. FANCD2 - Western Blotting - Peripheral blood culture. (FANCD2 ubiquitination analysis by western blotting for diagnosis of Fanconi anemia in peripheral blood culture.
9 mL of Heparin anticoagulated (green top tube) *Samples should be sterile& fresh *Do not freeze/fix.
B5079 FANCONI ANEMIA
2. FANCD2 - Western Blotting - SFC (Skin fibroblast culture) (FANCD2 ubiquitination analysis by western blotting for diagnosis of Fanconi anemia in skin fibroblast cultures.)
Skin biopsy in 5ml sterile culture medium / sterile PBS. *Samples should be sterile& fresh* Do not freeze/fix

The following tests are under validation and will be introduced soon in the laboratory

  • PRF1, STX11 and UNC13D mutation analysis for haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH).
  • ALAS2 and SLC25A38 mutation analysis for Sideroblastic anaemia
  • IL2RG mutation analysis for X linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
  • CYBB gene mutations in CGD
  • Mutation analysis panel for primary immune deficiency disorders by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
  • Comprehensive analysis of hemolytic anemia by NGS
  • Comprehensive analysis of inherited bone marrow failure by NGS