abstract：:A retrospective analysis of the relationship between the initial classification according to either FAB or WHO criteria, the presence of risk factors and the type of therapy including stem cell transplantation (SCT) on the survival was performed in a group of 106 patients with primary myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) of...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Cermák J,Vítek A,Michalová K

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor induces apoptosis and erythroid differentiation of K562 cells. During this erythroid differentiation, c-Myc and cyclin D1 transcripts are transiently downregulated. Accordingly, we studied the effect of cyclin D1 overexpression on erythroid differentiation. After treatment with 250 nM...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Kawano T,Horiguchi-Yamada J,Saito S,Iwase S,Furukawa Y,Kano Y,Yamada H

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA aneuploidy has been used as a genetic marker of malignancy in multiple myeloma (MM). CD38 and CD138 expression and absence of CD22 and CD19 may define plasmacells (PC). Several authors support evidences of circulating plasmacells, and their role in relapse after autologous stem cell transplantation has been hypoth...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Santonocito AM,Consoli U,Bagnato S,Milone G,Palumbo GA,Di Raimondo F,Stagno F,Guglielmo P,Giustolisi R

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite high rates of hematologic and cytogenetic responses to imatinib therapy, the emergence of resistance to imatinib has been recognized as a major problem in the treatment of Ph-positive leukemia. The high frequency of BCR-ABL mutations and amplifications represents the high degree of heterogeneity in patients wi...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Tauchi T,Ohyashiki K

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is associated with three distinct lymphoproliferative disorders: primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD) and germinotropic lymphoproliferative disorder (GLD). KSHV positive lymphocytes in GLD and in most cases of PEL are co-infected by Epst...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Hamoudi R,Diss TC,Oksenhendler E,Pan L,Carbone A,Ascoli V,Boshoff C,Isaacson P,Du MQ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that forced expression of the transcription factor Scl in WEHI-3B D(+) cells prevents ATRA-induced cell differentiation. We now find that the overexpression of Rbtn2 also interferes with induction of differentiation by ATRA. Addition of LiCl to ATRA treatment restored the capacity of both Scl-...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Rice AM,Li J,Sartorelli AC

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggressive systemic mastocytosis (ASM) is a hematopoietic neoplasm characterized by infiltration of visceral organs by neoplastic mast cells (MCs) with consecutive organopathy and respective clinical and laboratory findings (so called C-Findings). Whereas, it is generally appreciated that patients with ASM are candida...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Hauswirth AW,Simonitsch-Klupp I,Uffmann M,Koller E,Sperr WR,Lechner K,Valent P

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the production of interleukin (IL) 2 and interferon (IFN) gamma by peripheral blood lymphocytes in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is well documented, the synthesis of IL4 has not been investigated before. The present study examines the production of IL4 by 2-day phytohaemaglutinin (PHA)-stimulated periph...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Mainou-Fowler T,Proctor SJ,Taylor PR

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topotecan has demonstrable activity in high-risk MDS and CMMoL. However, the significant toxicity of topotecan administered at a dose of 2mg/m2 i.v. daily for 5 days as a continuous infusion limits its use in older patients. Therefore, we studied topotecan 1.5mg/m2 per day i.v. over 2 h for three consecutive days in 2...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Vaena DA,Walker P,Pennington K,Stephens A,Stender MJ,Yiannoutsos CT,Young C,Stoner C,Cripe LD,Hoosier Oncology Group.

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of cell cycle-regulating genes was studied in human myeloid leukemia cell lines ML-1, ML-2 and ML-3 during induction of differentiation in vitro. Myelomonocytic differentiation was induced by phorbol ester (12-o-Tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate, TPA), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) or interferon gam...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Ullmannová V,Stöckbauer P,Hradcová M,Soucek J,Haskovec C

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) drug STI571 has been associated with point mutations in the kinase domain of BCR-ABL. For example, the mutation T315I (g. 68721C>T) and, to a lesser extent, Y253F (g. 58796A>T) appear in a significant proportion of patients resistant to treatment. Mutations appear intimatel...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Liu WH,Makrigiorgos GM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed surface antigens, multidrug resistance (MDR) parameters (PGP, MRP, LRP), tissue infiltration parameters (CD18, CD44, VCAM, MMP2), receptors for colony stimulating factors (G-CSFr, GM-CSFr) and cell cycle parameters (Ki-67, topoisomerase IIalpha) in 86 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). LRP, ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Oh EJ,Kahng J,Kim Y,Kim M,Lim J,Kang CS,Min WS,Cho B,Lee A,Lee KY,Kim WI,Shim SI,Han K

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of IL-18, although clearly established in solid tumors, has not been fully elucidated in human hematopoietic neoplasms. Here we examined the mRNA and protein for IL-18 in eight human hematopoietic cell lines representing different lineages and neoplasms including leukemia, lymphoma and others. Our resul...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Zhang B,Ma XT,Zheng GG,Li G,Rao Q,Wu KF

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We monitored DLI treatment of 13 post-SCT relapses using quantitative competitive (QC) RT-PCR for BCR-ABL (sensitivity 10(-5)) and compared responses to DLI alone and DLI in combination with interferon-alpha (IFN). Ten relapses (one blast crisis, five cytogenetic and four molecular) were treated with DLI+IFN, three re...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Moravcová J,Nádvorníková S,Zmeková V,Michalová K,Brezinová J,Lukásová M,Vítek A,Hrabánek J,Gasová Z,Sedlácek P,Starý J

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine erythroleukemia (MEL) cells undergo erythroid differentiation in vitro when treated with hexamethylene bisacetamide (HMBA). To identify genes involved in the commitment of MEL cells to differentiate, we screened a cDNA library constructed from HMBA-induced cells by differential hybridization and isolated GTPase...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Vanegas N,García-Sacristán A,López-Fernández LA,Párraga M,del Mazo J,Hernández P,Schvartzman JB,Krimer DB

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of monoclonal gammopathy (MG) with B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) is a well known phenomenon. The aim of the present work was to study the incidence, type of monoclonal component and prognostic significance of MG in a population of 255 cases with B-cell NHL. Among 255 evaluable patients with B-ce...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Economopoulos T,Papageorgiou S,Pappa V,Papageorgiou E,Valsami S,Kalantzis D,Xiros N,Dervenoulas J,Raptis S

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PRAME gene encodes an antigen recognized by autologous T lymphocytes and is expressed in trophoblasts, testis and frequently in human solid cancers and acute leukemias, making it a candidate for immunotherapy and for detecting MRD. We demonstrate expression of PRAME by RT-PCR in the peripheral blood or bone marrow...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Proto-Siqueira R,Falcão RP,de Souza CA,Ismael SJ,Zago MA

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent phase I study, a combination of gemcitabine at 10 mg/(m(2)min) for 12 h and mitoxantrone 12 mg/m(2) daily for 3 days, achieved a complete remission (CR) in 3 of 12 (25%) patients with refractory leukemia. A pilot assessment of this regimen was conducted to determine its tolerability in patients with refrac...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Apostolidou E,Estey E,Cortes J,Garcia-Manero G,Faderl S,Thomas D,Tsimberidou A,Kantarjian H,Giles FJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:Fusion tyrosine kinases (FTKs) such as BCR/ABL, TEL/ABL, TEL/JAK2, TEL/PDGF beta R and NPM/ALK arise from reciprocal chromosomal translocations and cause acute and chronic myelogenous leukemias and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Murine hematopoietic growth factor dependent BaF3 cells and cells transformed by FTK (BaF3-FTK) w...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Hoser G,Majsterek I,Romana DL,Slupianek A,Blasiak J,Skorski T

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chylomicrons carry in the bloodstream dietary fats absorbed the intestine for storage in the body tissues such as adipose and muscle. The two-step chylomicron metabolism consists in lipolysis by lipoprotein lipase on vessel walls and hepatic uptake of triglyceride-depleted remnants. Chylomicron metabolism is...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Gonçalves RP,Hungria VT,Chiattone CS,Pozzi DB,Maranhão RC

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We designed a pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic phase I study of sequential topotecan (2.55-6.3mg/m2) by 72h infusion followed by five daily doses of etoposide for patients with refractory acute leukemia based upon synergistic anti-tumor activity of topoisomerase I and II inhibitors in vitro. Eight of the 29 patient...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Cooper BW,Donaher E,Lazarus HM,Green SB,Gosky DM,Rosenthal NS,Berger SJ,Li X,Ingalls ST,Hoppel CL,Gerson SL

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C3H/He mice produce myeloid leukemias after whole body irradiation of 1-3Gy as compared with non-irradiated controls that produce fewer than 1% of leukemia [Radiatiton Research 127 (1991) 146]. Thus, p53-deficient C57BL/6 strain, a malignant lymphoma prone, was crossed back into C3H/He strain. Lethally irradiated wild...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Yoshida K,Aizawa S,Watanabe K,Hirabayashi Y,Inoue T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and 25% of adult onset acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are associated with the expression of Bcr-Abl, a constitutively activated protein tyrosine kinase. Bcr-Abl associated leukemias are characterized by a high degree of chromosomal and genomic instability. It is unclear if the ph...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Brain J,Saksena A,Laneuville P

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The WHO classification of hematological malignancies includes 5q-syndrome as a separate category within myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Clinically, patients with 5q-syndrome have a milder disease than patients with other MDS. The basis for this difference is not known. Identifying 5q-syndrome can be difficult because...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Washington LT,Jilani I,Estey E,Albitar M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a distinct type of B cell malignancy and accounts for approximately 5-10% of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL). The characteristic cytogenetic aberration in MCL is the translocation (11;14)(q13;q32) present in virtually all cases. This rearrangement at the BCL1 locus at 11q13 dysregulates the...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Drexler HG,MacLeod RA

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteogenic growth peptide (OGP) is a peptide exerting regulatory effects on the bone and on bone marrow. The carboxy-terminal pentapeptide (OGP10-14) is the biologically active portion of OGP. We evaluated OGP10-14 hematopoietic activity performing colony-forming tests on human stem cells derived by bone marrow, perip...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Fazzi R,Galimberti S,Testi R,Pacini S,Trasciatti S,Rosini S,Petrini M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When cells were incubated in the presence of both interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), the concentration of IFN-gamma required to induce apoptosis of B-cell lymphoma cells was much lower than that required for myeloid or erythroid cell lines. The concentration of IFN-gamma that effectively ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Niitsu N,Higashihara M,Honma Y

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brazil is a wide country with huge contrasts. Its peculiarities can highlight environmental factors that could influence the frequencies of different cancers. The standard treatment and results achieved from several different areas of the country may not be found in others. The establishment of a national cooperative ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Lopes LF,Lorand-Metze I,Niero-Melo L,Tone LG,Velloso E,Campanaro CM,Latorre Mdo R

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two pediatric patients with unclassified myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) by the French-American-British (FAB) group. Both cases had clinical and hematological peculiarities, which had not been described yet. The cytogenetic alterations were 4q deletion and the Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome which appeared at di...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Dalla Torre CA,de Martino Lee ML,Yoshimoto M,Lopes LF,Melo LN,Caminada de Toledo SR,Duffles Andrade JA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report single institution outcome of brief, intensive ara-C-based chemotherapy using bone marrow transplantation as primary intensification for untreated adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Overall disease-free and overall survival were inferior to those reported with prolonged chemotherapy mode...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Sotomayor EM,Piantadosi S,Miller CB,Karp JE,Jones RJ,Rowley SD,Kaufmann SH,Braine H,Burke PJ,Gore SD

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a part of our continuing efforts to develop gene therapy for acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), this study was undertaken to evaluate the possibility of using autologous bone marrow stromal fibroblasts (BMSFs) as a target cell population. Autologous BMSFs in AML were isolated from the stromal layers of long-term bon...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Min YH,Li GX,Jang JH,Suh HC,Kim JS,Cheong JW,Lee ST,Hahn JS,Ko YW

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph +ve) chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), treated with hydroxyurea alone, who upon disease progression developed an additional Ph - ve clone containing chromosomal abnormalities typical of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Retrospective analysis of a cryoprese...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Flamm MJ,Murty VV,Rao PH,Nichols GL

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitoxantrone, etoposide and prednisone (MEP)-based regimens using granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) were designed for relapsed and CHOP-resistant diffuse large B-cell lymphomas in a single institution, and the therapeutic effects and adverse reactions were studied. In a total of 49 patients, the MEP regime...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Murohashi I,Kashimura T,Tominaga K,Wakao D,Takahashi T,Akiba M,Kishimoto K,Yoshida K,Yagasaki F,Itoh Y,Sakata T,Kawai N,Itoh K,Suzuki T,Matsuda A,Hirashima K,Bessho M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the cytotoxicity of dimethylsphingosine (DMS) against four human leukemia cell lines: two acute (HL60 and a multi-drug resistance MDR-positive derivative HL60-dox) and two blast crisis chronic myelogenous leukemias (JFP1, from a treatment refractory patient and K562), and against blasts isolated from 11 l...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Jendiroba DB,Klostergaard J,Keyhani A,Pagliaro L,Freireich EJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have earlier shown that VP-16 combined with Cyclosporin A (CsA) produces tumor specific immunity to L1210 leukemia in BDF/1 mice [Slater LM, Sweet P, Stupecky M, Reynolds JT. Cyclosporin A/VP-16 produced immunity to L1210 leukemia: the participation of cytotoxic CD(8) T-lymphocytes, Clin Immunol Immunopathol 1995;7...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Slater LM,Stupecky M,Sweet P,Osann KE

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：:Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is a rare and usually fatal neoplasm, which may cause syncope, arrhythmia, heart failure and pericardial effusion as presenting clinical complaints. A case of PCL in a 72-year-old man with moderate aortic stenosis is presented. The patient was investigated because of pericardial effusion...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Rolla G,Bertero MT,Pastena G,Tartaglia N,Corradi F,Casabona R,Motta M,Caligaris-Cappio F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal tandem duplications (ITDs) of the FLT3 gene occur in approximately 20-30% of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. We investigated if FLT3 ITDs could be used as minimal residual disease (MRD) markers for AML patients. Patient-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for FLT3 ITDs were developed for fo...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Stirewalt DL,Willman CL,Radich JP

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The colony-forming capacity of the peripheral blood stem/progenitor cells (PBSC) in different forms of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) was investigated. In most cases of refractory anemia (RA) the colony growth of PBSC was definitely reduced as compared to the controls. However, in RA with unfavorable chromosomal aberr...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Vehmeyer K,Haase D,Alves F

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00