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Open AccessKinase-associated gene mutation pattern and clinical relevance in 205 patients with core binding factor leukemias
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Open AccessPrognostic significance of monitoring leukemia-associated immunophenotypes by eight-color flow cytometry in adult B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Minimal residual disease (MRD) is of the most important factor for predicting prognosis and guiding treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). In this study, we investigated the prognostic significance o...
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Newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia in China (I): abnormal genetic patterns in 1346 childhood and adult cases and their comparison with the reports from Western countries
It has been generally acknowledged that the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis evaluation of leukemia largely rely on an adequate identification of genetic abnormalities. A systemic analysis of genetic aberrat...
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Molecular response in acute promyelocytic leukemia: a direct comparison of regular and real-time RT-PCR
Evaluation of molecular response is important for the diagnosis and monitoring of minimal residual disease in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). In this study, we analyzed the molecular response...
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Open AccessProduction and upregulation of granulocyte chemotactic protein-2/CXCL6 by IL-1β and hypoxia in small cell lung cancer
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is characterised by early and widespread metastasis. However, SCLC cells have so far been found to produce low levels of known pro-angiogenic factors. We speculated that SCLC cell...
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Open AccessInterleukin-8/CXCL8 is a growth factor for human lung cancer cells
Interleukin-8/CXCL8 (IL-8) is a chemokine and angiogenic factor. Recently, IL-8 was identified as an autocrine growth factor in several human cancers. Here, we investigated the expression and function of IL-8 ...
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Molecular cytogenetic characterization and clinical relevance of additional, complex and/or variant chromosome abnormalities in acute promyelocytic leukemia
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is characterized by typical morphological manifestation, t(15;17) translocation and active response to all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) in the great majority of patients. However,...
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Open AccessMechanisms of relapse in acute leukaemia: involvement of p53 mutated subclones in disease progression in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Mutations of the p53 tumour suppressor gene are infrequent at presentation of both acute myeloblastic leukaemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), being found in between 5–10% of AML and 2–3% of ALL. ...
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Bcl-xL is heterogeneously expressed by acute myeloblastic leukaemia cells and is associated with autonomous growth in vitro and with P-glycoprotein expression
The cells from approximately 70% patients with acute myeloblastic leukaemia exhibit autonomous growth characteristics in vitro, which have been associated with a poor response to therapy. We have previously shown...
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Wild-type p53 is required for apoptosis induced by growth factor deprivation in factor-dependent leukaemic cells
The p53 gene is a growth control gene, abnormalities of which have been implicated in a variety of cancers. Recently wild-type p53 has been shown to exist in two interchangeable conformational variants, which ...
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Expression of different conformations of p53 in the blast cells of acute myeloblastic leukaemia is related to in vitro growth characteristics
Expression of the wild-type p53 gene has an important role in cell differentiation, maturation and apoptosis. Mutation of the p53 gene is associated with tumour development and mutant p53 can promote cell prol...