Treatment of unfavorable myelodysplastic syndrome with all-trans-retinoic acid and subcutaneous Ara C.

abstract：:The involvement of histone lysine methyltransferases (HMT) in carcinogenesis is not well understood. Here, we describe a dose-dependent growth and survival inhibitory effects of BIX-01294, a specific inhibitor of euchromatic HMT2, in promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 and NB4 cells. BIX-01294 combined with all-trans retinoi...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Savickiene J,Treigyte G,Stirblyte I,Valiuliene G,Navakauskiene R

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a clonal myeloproliferative neoplasm of the hematopoietic stem cell characterized by presence of the oncoprotein BCR-ABL1, which have constitutive tyrosine kinase activity. BCR-ABL1 activation induces aurora kinase A (AURKA) and aurora kinase B (AURKB) expression, which are serine-thr...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Rodrigues Alves AP,Machado-Neto JA,Scheucher PS,Paiva HH,Simões BP,Rego EM,Traina F

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to be cytotoxic for normal and transformed cell lines. One of the intracellular targets for NO action is glutathione (GSH). GSH determinates cellular redox potential and modulates several biological events. During oxidative and nitrosative stress, glutathione system imbalance is associ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Santos-Silva MC,Freitas MS,Assreuy J

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a unique case of chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) with the Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome. The patient obtained cytogenetic complete remission (CR) after treatment with interferon (IFN). When he transformed to acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), cytogenetic analysis showed that the karyotype was normal and fluo...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Zhang X,Ji L,Liu S,Wang J

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 98 female patients in remission (2-240 months) from childhood ALL to determine the clonality status of their hematopoiesis. Thirty-one (31.6%) were heterozygous at the PGK locus for the BstX1 endonuclease restriction site, permitting X-linked clonality assays to be performed. Two patients were in relapse at...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Busque L,Ilaria R Jr,Tantravahi R,Weinstein H,Gilliland DG

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infant leukemia cells with 46XY,t(11; 17)(q23; p13) karyotype and a hybrid pre B myeloid phenotype (HLA-DR, (Ia), B4 and My7-positive and CALLA and T11-negative) and immunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangement were maintained in long-term culture for over 10 months. The in-vitro survival and growth of the leukemia c...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Umiel T,Friedman S,Zaizov R,Cohen IJ,Gozes Y,Epstein N,Kobiler D,Zipori D

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two white European males are reported with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), a disease first described in Japan, but recently also in the U.K. and U.S.A. Both patients presented with lymphadenopathy, but without a mediastinal mass. In addition, one patient had skin infiltrates and the other had hepatosplenomegaly. Morpholo...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Tricot GJ,Broeckaert-Van Orshoven A,den Ottolander GJ,de Wolf-Peeters C,Meyer CJ,Verwilghen RL,Jansen J

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulocytic sarcoma (GS) is a rare extra-medullary tumor and usually involves the skin, soft tissue, and lymph nodes. GS is found in 8% of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients, especially patients with t(8;21)AML. It has been suggested that GS is a poor prognostic factor in t(8;21)AML. Compared to t(8;21)AML, GS is ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Fujieda A,Nishii K,Tamaru T,Otsuki S,Kobayashi K,Monma F,Ohishi K,Nakase K,Katayama N,Shiku H

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) did not evolve profoundly in the last decades. Some improvement has been made for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Emerging new treatment modalities, such as immunotherapy, are now beginning to be available for acute leukemia, mostly for patients suffering from ALL. Thi...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Blum S,Martins F,Lübbert M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients with multiple myeloma (MM) are elderly (aged >65 years) or unfit, and therefore ineligible for stem-cell transplantation. The novel agents thalidomide, bortezomib, and lenalidomide have shown improved outcomes in these patients. This article discusses the role of continuous therapy in improving patient o...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Palumbo A,Niesvizky R

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplant leukemic relapse remains the major problem following autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT). One possible approach to reducing the relapse rate is to intensify pre-transplant conditioning. Thiotepa (TTP) is an alkylating agent that has been used mainly in breast and ovarian cancer with 20-50% re...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Nagler A,Finlander R,Or R,Naparstek E,Varadi G,Slavin S

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the production of metalloproteinases (MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-9) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP-1 and TIMP-2) in bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and a healthy control. The new findings of this paper is that BMSCs of the MM patients exhibited in...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Zdzisińska B,Walter-Croneck A,Kandefer-Szerszeń M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outcomes in patients with secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML) (including therapy related myeloid neoplasms and AML with myelodysplasia related changes (MRC)) are poor. Patients treated with hypomethylating agents (HMAs) for antecedent hematological malignancy (AHM) have suboptimal responses to induction chemothera...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Talati C,Goldberg AD,Przespolewski A,Chan O,Ali NA,Kim J,Famulare C,Sallman D,Padron E,Kuykendall A,Lancet JE,Wang E,Tallman MS,Komrokji R,Sweet K

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteogenic growth peptide (OGP) increases blood and bone marrow cellularity in mice, and enhances engraftment of bone marrow transplant. Carboxy-terminal pentapeptide (OGP10-14) holds several properties of full-length polypeptide. We evaluated whether synthetic OGP-derived pentapeptide (sOGP10-14) has some activity on...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Fazzi R,Testi R,Trasciatti S,Galimberti S,Rosini S,Piras F,L'Abbate G,Conte A,Petrini M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical chronic myeloid leukemia (aCML) and chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL) are rare BCR-ABL1 fusion gene-negative myeloid neoplasms with a predominance of neutrophils. Since no standard therapeutic strategy currently exists for these diseases, we retrospectively evaluated the outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Itonaga H,Ota S,Ikeda T,Taji H,Amano I,Hasegawa Y,Ichinohe T,Fukuda T,Atsuta Y,Tanizawa A,Kondo T,Miyazaki Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analysed the configuration of immunoassociated genes and the karyotypes of 30 patients with acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) and 10 with chronic myelocytic leukemia in blast crisis (CML-BC). In AML, the frequencies of T-cell receptor (TcR) beta, gamma, and delta chain and immunoglobulin heavy and light chain ge...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Akiyoshi TT,Kimura N,Uike N,Kozuru M,Tamura K,Takihara Y,Hisano S,Nishimura J,Kikuchi M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p23 is a heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) cochaperone that plays a significant role in estrogen receptor (ER) alpha signal transduction and telomerase activity; it is up-regulated in several cancers. Recent studies have found that high level of p23 may promote tumor progression and poor prognosis in breast cancer patient...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Liu X,Zou L,Zhu L,Zhang H,Du C,Li Z,Gao C,Zhao X,Bao S,Zheng H

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodamine 123 is transported by the transmembrane efflux pump P glycoprotein (Pgp). We used this fluorescent dye to study multidrug resistance (MDR) activity in normal and leukemic CD34+ cells. These immature cells had a high degree of MDR activity. Among leukemic cells, CD34+ leukemias had significantly higher MDR ac...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Drenou B,Fardel O,Amiot L,Fauchet R

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal human peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and cells from a human acute promyelocytic leukemia line (HL-60) were tested for cytotoxic potential against two human glioma and one normal fibroblast line. Both the PMNs and HL-60 exhibited significant cytotoxicity against the tumor targets while spar...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Buessow SC,Gillespie GY,Mahaley MS

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is pathognomonically elevated in patients with POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy and skin changes) syndrome. However, its source of overproduction is unclear. As clinical improvement is almost always associated with VEGF reduction after...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Wang C,Huang XF,Cai QQ,Cao XX,Cai H,Zhou D,Li J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary bioflavonoids are secondary metabolites of plants that are known to have a variety of bio-effects, including anti-cancer activity. In this study, we examined the effects of flavonoids on the growth of human leukemia cells and found that certain flavonoids induce apoptosis in a variety of human leukemia cells. ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Matsui J,Kiyokawa N,Takenouchi H,Taguchi T,Suzuki K,Shiozawa Y,Saito M,Tang WR,Katagiri YU,Okita H,Fujimoto J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CBFA2 gene on chromosome band 21q22 is one of the most commonly translocated genes in leukemia. As with other translocations, those involving CBFA2 are associated with specific disease phenotypes. Only one of the different translocations involving CBFA2, the t(12;21), has been associated with a non-myeloid lineage...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Dann EJ,Fears S,Arád-Dann H,Nucifora G,Rowley JD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AG-013736 is an oral anti-angiogenesis agent with activity against a variety of receptor tyrosine kinases, including VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2, VEGFR-3, c-kit, and PDGFR-beta. A phase 2 study was conducted in patients with poor prognosis AML or MDS. Twelve patients (six AML; six MDS) were treated with AG-013736 at a dose of 10...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Giles FJ,Bellamy WT,Estrov Z,O'Brien SM,Verstovsek S,Ravandi F,Beran M,Bycott P,Pithavala Y,Steinfeldt H,Reich SD,List AF,Yee KW

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homeobox genes HOXA9 and MEIS1 are evolutionarily conserved transcription factors with essential roles in both hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis. They act as dominant cooperating oncoproteins that cause acute leukemias bearing MLL translocations and to a lesser extent T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) characteriz...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Adamaki M,Lambrou GI,Athanasiadou A,Vlahopoulos S,Papavassiliou AG,Moschovi M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood malignancy. Although several clinical characteristics can be associated with worse prognosis, more robust biological markers still remains uncovered. SMYD2, a member of SMYD protein family, regulates the activity of several proteins through methylation. I...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Sakamoto LH,Andrade RV,Felipe MS,Motoyama AB,Pittella Silva F

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the expression of fos oncogene proteins in lymphoproliferative disorders, using a monoclonal antibody (FO-120) that was prepared against a synthetic oligopeptide of fos protein (amino acid sequence from 127 to 152). Although peripheral blood leukocytes were rarely positive for FO-120, they were transie...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Kanaitsuka T,Namba Y,Zu YL,Ishii K,Ashihara T,Hanaoka M,Suchi T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated that constitutive signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 3 activity, observed in approximately 50% of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cases, is associated with adverse treatment outcome. Constitutive STAT3 activation may result from the expression of oncogenic protein tyrosine kinase...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Ghoshal Gupta S,Baumann H,Wetzler M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of LGL leukemia is not known; however, we recently detected HTLV-II in a patient with LGL leukemia. In this study, we found that sera from 6 of 28 patients with LGL leukemia were positive for HTLV-I/II using a whole virus ELISA; moreover, the ELISA-negative sera were near the positive cut-off value. There...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Loughran TP Jr,Sherman MP,Ruscetti FW,Frey S,Coyle T,Montagna RA,Jones B,Starkebaum G,Poiesz BJ

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubular reorganisation contributing to apoptotic morphology occurs in normal and neoplastic cells undergoing apoptosis induced by cytotoxic drugs [1-3]. The aim of this study was to correlate the changes in the microtubules (MTs) with behavior of the centrosome in apoptotic cells, and to see whether post-translat...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Pittman S,Geyp M,Fraser M,Ellem K,Peaston A,Ireland C

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of different agents are capable of inducing the onset of HL-60 differentiation along the myeloid lineage. The diversity of these agents has made the analysis of the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of the onset and progress of terminal differentiation in these cells difficult. We have adapt...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Darling DC,Linskens MH,Farzaneh F

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00