abstract：:Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) remains a deadly disease for most adult patients, due primarily to the emergence of chemoresistant cells. Defects in apoptosis pathways make important contributions to chemoresistance, suggesting a need to restore apoptosis sensitivity or to identify alternative pathways for apoptosis ...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Suh WS,Kim YS,Schimmer AD,Kitada S,Minden M,Andreeff M,Suh N,Sporn M,Reed JC

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 28 children and nine adults with relapsed T-ALL were analyzed for the configuration of their T-cell receptor (TCR) and TAL1 genes at diagnosis and relapse to evaluate their stability throughout the disease course. A total of 150 clonal TCR and TAL1 gene rearrangements were identified in the 37 patients at d...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Szczepański T,van der Velden VH,Raff T,Jacobs DC,van Wering ER,Brüggemann M,Kneba M,van Dongen JJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In all, 17 consecutive patients in hematological complete remission (HCR) of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) received allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) from an HLA-identical sibling and were monitored by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction of PML/RARalpha prior and after transplant. Median age ...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Lo-Coco F,Romano A,Mengarelli A,Diverio D,Iori AP,Moleti ML,De Santis S,Cerretti R,Mandelli F,Arcese W

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increased number of circulating CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors with a prominent proliferation of the megakaryocytic (MK) population are the hallmarks of the myeloproliferation in myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia (MMM). Analyzing the potential contribution of the stem cell leukemia (SCL) gene in MMM myeloproli...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Steunou V,Le Bousse-Kerdilès MC,Colin-Micouin A,Clay D,Chevillard S,Martyré MC,French INSERM Research Network on Myelofibrosis Myeloid Metaplasia.

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acute myelogenous leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome may respond to farnesyl transferase inhibitors (FTIs) with partial or complete response rates noted in about 30% of such patients. FTIs prevent the attachment of a lipid farnesyl moiety to dependent proteins prior to their insertion into the plasma m...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Liesveld JL,Lancet JE,Rosell KE,Menon A,Lu C,McNair C,Abboud CN,Rosenblatt JD

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a moderately aggressive B-cell lymphoma that responds poorly to currently used therapeutic protocols. In order to identify tumour characteristics that improve the understanding of biology of MCL, analysis of oligonucleotide microarrays were used to define specific gene expression profiles...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Islam TC,Asplund AC,Lindvall JM,Nygren L,Liden J,Kimby E,Christensson B,Smith CI,Sander B

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed clinical results in 145 patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia in chronic phase who satisfied criteria for interferon-alpha failure and were thus eligible for treatment with imatinib at the Hammersmith Hospital. We used univariate and multivariate analyses to develop a risk score based on features defined...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Marin D,Marktel S,Bua M,Szydlo RM,Franceschino A,Nathan I,Foot N,Crawley C,Na Nakorn T,Olavarria E,Lennard A,Neylon A,O'Brien SG,Goldman JM,Apperley JF

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether the percentage of myeloperoxidase (MPO)-positive blast cells is useful as a prognostic factor for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), cytochemical analysis of MPO was performed in 491 patients who were registered to the Japan Adult Leukemia Study Group-AML92 study. Patients were divided into two using the...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Matsuo T,Kuriyama K,Miyazaki Y,Yoshida S,Tomonaga M,Emi N,Kobayashi T,Miyawaki S,Matsushima T,Shinagawa K,Honda S,Ohno R,Japan Adult Leukemia Study Group.

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-cell-specific plasma-membrane proteins are potential targets for either small molecule or antibody-based therapies. We have sought to annotate proteins expressed at the cell surface membrane in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) using plasma-membrane-based proteomic analysis to identify previously unch...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Boyd RS,Adam PJ,Patel S,Loader JA,Berry J,Redpath NT,Poyser HR,Fletcher GC,Burgess NA,Stamps AC,Hudson L,Smith P,Griffiths M,Willis TG,Karran EL,Oscier DG,Catovsky D,Terrett JA,Dyer MJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microarrays for gene expression profiling are rapidly becoming important research tools for the identification of novel markers, for example, for novel classification of leukemias and lymphomas. Here, we review the considerations and infrastructure for microarray experiments. These considerations are illustrated via a...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Staal FJ,van der Burg M,Wessels LF,Barendregt BH,Baert MR,van den Burg CM,van Huffel C,Langerak AW,van der Velden VH,Reinders MJ,van Dongen JJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DH-JH rearrangements of the Ig heavy-chain gene (IGH) occur early during B-cell development. Consequently, they are detected in precursor-B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemias both at diagnosis and relapse. Incomplete DJH rearrangements have also been occasionally reported in mature B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： González D,Balanzategui A,García-Sanz R,Gutiérrez N,Seabra C,van Dongen JJ,González M,San Miguel JF

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer T (NKT) cells with an invariant T-cell receptor for alpha-galactosylceramide (alphaGalCer) that is presented by CD1d have been reported to be cytotoxic for myelomonocytic leukemia cells. However, the necessity for leukemia cell CD1d expression, the role of alphaGalCer, and the cytotoxic mechanisms have ...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Metelitsa LS,Weinberg KI,Emanuel PD,Seeger RC

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fusion transcript AML1/ETO corresponding to translocation t(8;21)(q22;q22) can be found in approximately 7-12% of childhood de novo AML. Despite the favorable prognosis, some of these patients relapse. Most of MRD studies so far were performed on adults treated not uniformly. Therefore, we analyzed the follow-up o...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Viehmann S,Teigler-Schlegel A,Bruch J,Langebrake C,Reinhardt D,Harbott J

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 51 infants with acute leukemia, 13 (25%) had contradictory findings on 11q23/MLL rearrangements that were analyzed by cytogenetic and Southern blot methods: seven had rearranged MLL and normal karyotype, four had rearranged MLL and abnormal karyotype with no 11q23 translocation, and two had germline MLL and 11q23 t...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Watanabe N,Kobayashi H,Ichiji O,Yoshida MA,Kikuta A,Komada Y,Sekine I,Ishida Y,Horiukoshi Y,Tsunematsu Y,Yano M,Nakadate H,Kaneko Y

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been controversies about CD34 and CD38 expression by human cord blood (CB) stem cells. Using the newborn NOD/SCID/beta2-microglobulin-null mouse assay that we recently developed, we examined the in vivo engrafting capability of human CB cells. Almost all of the 4-5 months engrafting cells were found in CD34...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Ishikawa F,Livingston AG,Minamiguchi H,Wingard JR,Ogawa M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:t(8;21)(q22;q22) is the most frequently observed karyotypic abnormality associated with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), especially in FAB M2. Clinically, this type of AML often shows eosinophilia and has a high complete remission rate with conventional chemotherapy. t(8;21) AML is also frequently associated with additio...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Nishii K,Usui E,Katayama N,Lorenzo F 5th,Nakase K,Kobayashi T,Miwa H,Mizutani M,Tanaka I,Nasu K,Dohy H,Kyo T,Taniwaki M,Ueda T,Kita K,Shiku H

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The t(9;22)(q34;q11), generating the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph), is found in more than 90% of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and in 15-30% of adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Different groups have recently described the presence of large genomic deletions adjacent to the translocation br...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Specchia G,Albano F,Anelli L,Storlazzi CT,Zagaria A,Mancini M,Cuneo A,Pane F,Foà R,Manolelli F,Liso V,Rocchi M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors (VEGFR) have been implicated in promoting solid tumor growth and metastasis via stimulating tumor-associated angiogenesis. We recently showed that certain 'liquid' tumors such as leukemia not only produce VEGF, but also express functional VEGFR, resulting in ...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Zhu Z,Hattori K,Zhang H,Jimenez X,Ludwig DL,Dias S,Kussie P,Koo H,Kim HJ,Lu D,Liu M,Tejada R,Friedrich M,Bohlen P,Witte L,Rafii S

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cladribine has been reported to have little activity in fludarabine- refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). We sought to determine whether resistance to therapy with cladribine in fludarabine-refractory CLL patients represented primary drug resistance or the inability to tolerate the myelosuppression associate...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Byrd JC,Peterson B,Piro L,Saven A,Vardiman JW,Larson RA,Schiffer C

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomeres of hematopoietic cells shorten with age, possibly contributing to the aging-associated hematopoietic pathology (immunosenescence, malignant transformation). Accelerated telomere shortening is seen with replicative stress, such as during administration of serial chemotherapy cycles for the treatment of childh...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Franco S,Ozkaynak MF,Sandoval C,Tugal O,Jayabose S,Engelhardt M,Moore MA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which aplidine, a marine natural product in early clinical development as an anticancer agent, induces cell growth inhibition and apoptosis has been investigated in the human leukemia cell line MOLT-4. This cell line is characterized not only by the ability to secrete VEGF, but also for the presence o...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Broggini M,Marchini SV,Galliera E,Borsotti P,Taraboletti G,Erba E,Sironi M,Jimeno J,Faircloth GT,Giavazzi R,D'Incalci M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In B-CLL IgV(H) genes mutational status is a major prognostic factor. Since sequencing of IgV(H) genes is not available in most laboratories, an easily performed surrogate assay is desirable. To identify the best surrogate assay, and to better discriminate prognostic subgroups we analyzed clinical and biological data ...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Magnac C,Porcher R,Davi F,Nataf J,Payelle-Brogard B,Tang RP,Oppezzo P,Lévy V,Dighiero G,Ajchenbaum-Cymbalista F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) complementary to the first six codons of the Bcl-2 mRNA, G3139 (oblimersen sodium; Genasense), has been shown to downregulate Bcl-2 and produce responses in a variety of malignancies including drug-resistant lymphoma. Incubation of ex vivo purified plasma cells from patients wit...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： van de Donk NW,Kamphuis MM,van Dijk M,Borst HP,Bloem AC,Lokhorst HM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The translocation (14;18)(q32;q21) is the hallmark of follicular lymphoma (FL). However, conventional cytogenetics and PCR techniques fail to detect it in at least 10% of cases. In order to evaluate the true incidence of this translocation in FL, we analyzed 63 patients with FL, and 17 patients with diffuse large cell...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Godon A,Moreau A,Talmant P,Baranger-Papot L,Geneviève F,Milpied N,Zandecki M,Avet-Loiseau H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imatinib has pronounced antileukemic activity in Ph+ALL, although responses are usually short. To determine whether imatinib may facilitate allogeneic SCT in relapsed or refractory Ph+ALL, we evaluated 46 consecutive, not previously transplanted patients who were enrolled in phase II studies of imatinib. Of 30 patient...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Wassmann B,Pfeifer H,Scheuring U,Klein SA,Gökbuget N,Binckebanck A,Martin H,Gschaidmeier H,Hoelzer D,Ottmann OG

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work suggests that chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) expressing unmutated immunoglobulin V genes could correspond to the proliferation of naive B cells whereas those expressing mutated genes, may correspond to the proliferation of post-germinal center B cells. Current data from gene profiling expression have...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Oppezzo P,Magnac C,Bianchi S,Vuillier F,Tiscornia A,Dumas G,Payelle-Brogard B,Ajchenbaum-Cymbalista F,Dighiero G,Pritsch O

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in the FLT3 gene, including internal tandem duplications (ITDs) and D835 mutations occur frequently in acute myelogenous leukemia. We investigated the prevalence and clinico-biological correlations of FLT3 ITDs and D835 mutations in 90 patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) receiving the AIDA pro...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Noguera NI,Breccia M,Divona M,Diverio D,Costa V,De Santis S,Avvisati G,Pinazzi MB,Petti MC,Mandelli F,Lo Coco F

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a clonal disorder of hematopoietic stem cells. To investigate whether chromosomal instability and/or DNA repair defects are involved in the development of MDS, we measured the micronucleus (MN) frequency in peripheral blood lymphocytes exposed to various doses of X-rays, using a cytok...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Kuramoto K,Ban S,Oda K,Tanaka H,Kimura A,Suzuki G

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic stem cells are identified based on their functional ability to migrate via the blood circulation of transplanted recipients, to home to the host bone marrow and to durably repopulate this organ with high levels of maturing myeloid and lymphoid cells. While a small pool of undifferentiated stem cells with...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Lapidot T,Kollet O

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ET is a chronic myeloproliferative disorder rarely evolving into AML, sometimes preceded by a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Such transformations mostly occur in patients treated with radiophosphorous ((32)P) or alkylating agents, especially busulfan. Recently, concern has also arisen about the long-term safety of hy...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Bernasconi P,Boni M,Cavigliano PM,Calatroni S,Brusamolino E,Passamonti F,Volpe G,Pistorio A,Giardini I,Rocca B,Caresana M,Lazzarino M,Bernasconi C

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translocations involving the immunoglobulin loci are recurring events of B cell oncogenesis. The majority of translocations involve the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IGH) locus, while a minor part involves the immunoglobulin light chain loci consisting of the kappa light chain (IGK) located at 2p11.2 and the lambda ligh...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Poulsen TS,Silahtaroglu AN,Gisselø CG,Tommerup N,Johnsen HE

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remarkable progress has been achieved in the characterization and isolation of primitive hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). HSC represent a very small subset of hematopoietic cells and provide self-renewal, possess differentiation capacity and allow a constant supply of the entire hematopoietic cell spectrum. Until recen...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Engelhardt M,Lübbert M,Guo Y

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myelogenous leukemia (t-MDS/AML) are serious complications of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer. High-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) may be associated with an increased incidence of these complications. The frequency o...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Nichols G,de Castro K,Wei LX,Griffin M,Lin N,Oratzi A,Murty VV,Troxel A,Vahdat L,Hesdorffer C

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent chromosomal rearrangements are observed in many leukemia subtypes. Recently, it has been shown that several of these translocations/inversions were associated with the loss of sequences located in the vicinity of the chromosomal breakpoints. So far, such deletions have not been described for the t(8;21) tran...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Godon C,Proffitt J,Dastugue N,Lafage-Pochitaloff M,Mozziconacci MJ,Talmant P,Hackbarth M,Bataille R,Avet-Loiseau H

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic has been used since ancient times as a therapeutic agent. However, until recently its use in modern medicine has been restricted to the treatment of a limited number of parasitic infections. In the early 1990s, reports from China described impressive results with arsenic trioxide in patients with de novo, rela...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Munshi NC,Tricot G,Desikan R,Badros A,Zangari M,Toor A,Morris C,Anaissie E,Barlogie B

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) is the main weapon for disease eradication after reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) allogeneic SCT, the availability of sensitive and specific techniques to monitor changes in tumor load after transplant are especially helpful. These minimal residual disease techniques would allow a...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Pérez-Simón JA,Caballero D,Diez-Campelo M,Lopez-Pérez R,Mateos G,Cañizo C,Vazquez L,Vidriales B,Mateos MV,Gonzalez M,San Miguel JF

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimetabolite 6-thioguanine (6-TG) is utilized in the management of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Angiogenesis is a possible therapeutic target in hematologic tumors. Thus, we addressed the possibility that 6-TG may also act as an anti-angiogenic molecule. 6-TG inhibited endothelial cell proliferation trigger...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Presta M,Belleri M,Vacca A,Ribatti D

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterozygous and homozygous deletions of chromosome 13q14.3 are found in 50% of patients with B cell CLL, suggesting the presence of one or more tumour suppressor genes within the deleted region. To identify candidate genes from the region, we constructed a map of 13q14.3 using a combination of genomic and cDNA librar...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Rowntree C,Duke V,Panayiotidis P,Kotsi P,Palmisano GL,Hoffbrand AV,Foroni L

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A higher frequency of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) has been noted in countries of Southern Europe and among 'Latino' patients of the United States with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In order to discover whether there is any genetic predisposition to the disease, we analyzed microsatellites flanking PML and RARal...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Martins S,Trigo F,Azevedo L,Silva MJ,Guimaraes JE,Amorim A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic and autologous stem cell transplantation (SCT) are increasingly considered for treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). In order to assess the potential therapeutic value of SCT for CLL, the present article aims at answering the following crucial questions: (1) Is SCT a curative treatm...

journal_title：Leukemia

authors： Dreger P,Montserrat E

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00