abstract：:In acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients, automated fluorescence fragment analysis (ALF) has been reported to improve the monoclonality detection rate of immunoglobulin heavy chain genes (IgH) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. This study performed complementary determining region (CDR) I and III PCR on s...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Gleissner B,Maurer J,Sindram A,Reinhard R,Thiel E

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell factor (SCF) is a growth factor that promotes the survival, proliferation, and differentiation of hematopoietic cells. SCF and its receptor, Kit, are normally present in both cell surface and soluble forms. Both forms of Kit can bind SCF. However, the function of soluble Kit is unknown. In order to determine...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Dahlen DD,Lin NL,Liu YC,Broudy VC

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Checkpoint genes code for a family of proteins which sense DNA damage in eukaryotic cells. They play an important role in the control of the cell cycle. The human CHK2 is a homolog of the yeast G(2) checkpoint kinases known as CDS1 and RAD53. The CHK2 may be a tumor suppressor gene because it was found to be mutated i...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Hofmann WK,Miller CW,Tsukasaki K,Tavor S,Ikezoe T,Hoelzer D,Takeuchi S,Koeffler HP

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When exposed to the anthracycline doxorubicin, K562 cells undergo differentiation which is characterized by arrested cell division, an increased mean cell diameter, and the production of hemoglobin. The influence of expression of p28, a low-molecular weight stress protein, on the differentiation of K562 cells was exam...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Kodym R,Calkins PR,Story MD

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of the panel of 18 highly polymorphic microsatellite markers, especially from the region 11p15, was carried out on 154 samples from 26 patients with acute myeloid leukemia and eight with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). LOH was detected at the majority (72%) of the loci teste...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Krsková-Honzátková L,Cermák J,Sajdová J,Starý J,Sedlácek P,Sieglová Z

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pericardial effusion is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. A case of a 70-year-old female with CMML is reported, who developed a severe pericardial effusion after an initially stable course of disease. She underwent pericardiocentesis and subsequent intracardial in...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Strupp C,Germing U,Trommer I,Gattermann N,Aul C

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survivin is a newly discovered inhibitor of the apoptosis protein, IAP, expressed during development and in human cancers. The effector cell protease receptor-1 (EPR-1) gene is oriented in the opposite direction on the same DNA double strand. Thus, the Survivin and EPR-1 (Survivin/EPR-1) genes exist in a head-to-head ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Shinozawa I,Inokuchi K,Wakabayashi I,Dan K

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although clinical experience and in vitro data provide evidence of an anti-leukemic activity of T cells, there are few examples of recognition of leukemic cells by tumor-specific T cells in vitro. Tumor antigens encoded by the MAGE genes are useful tools to study this recognition. We tested the sensitivity to recognit...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Chambost H,Collette Y,Dutartre H,Thuret I,Olive D

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inosine 5'-monophosphate (IMP) dehydrogenase catalyzes the rate-limiting reaction of guanine nucleotide biosynthesis and has been implicated in the reaction of cell growth and differentiation. We investigated the ability of mycophenolate mofetil, a prodrug of mycophenolic acid, to induce differentiation in HL-60 and U...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Inai K,Tsutani H,Yamauchi T,Fukushima T,Iwasaki H,Imamura S,Wano Y,Nemoto Y,Naiki H,Ueda T

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is rare in Asians living in Asia and possibly in US Asians. In contrast, CLL is the most common leukemia in whites. The basis for this ethnic and geographic variation is unknown. We compared average annual age-adjusted incidence rates (AAIR) of CLL diagnosed from 1972 to 1995 among L...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Gale RP,Cozen W,Goodman MT,Wang FF,Bernstein L

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Older patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) have overexpression of P-glycoprotein (Pgp+), and this has been shown to correlate quantitatively with therapeutic outcome. Since Pgp-mediated efflux of cytotoxic drugs can be inhibited by the cyclosporine analogue, PSC 833, we investigated the use of this agent wit...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Chauncey TR,Rankin C,Anderson JE,Chen I,Kopecky KJ,Godwin JE,Kalaycio ME,Moore DF,Shurafa MS,Petersdorf SH,Kraut EH,Leith CP,Head DR,Luthardt FW,Willman CL,Appelbaum FR

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A t(14;18) translocation is closely associated with the follicular lymphoma but is also seen in diffuse B cell lymphomas with a previous history of a follicular lymphoma as well as de novo diffuse lymphomas. Estimation of the frequency of t(14;18) in follicular lymphoma vary widely from 33 to 89%. Furthermore, no exte...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Sayhan N,Tuzuner N,Aki H,Demir G,Berkarda B

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The resistance to all trans retinoic acid (ATRA) differentiating treatment is a consequence, in most of the cases, of either increased catabolism or down regulation of ATRA uptake. Recently, we have shown that ATRA efficiency to differentiate HL-60 cells was enhanced about 30 times after its incorporation into Low Den...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Gueddari N,Madoulet C,Lefebvre P,Berthou L,Chomienne C,Jardillier JC

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)--indomethacin (IN), was found to induce apoptosis and inhibit proliferation of K562 cells and primary culture bone marrow cells from six chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) patients. IN induced cells apoptosis and inhibited cells proliferation in a dose-and time-dependent m...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Zhang G,Tu C,Zhang G,Zhou G,Zheng W

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High CD23 expression is a hallmark of B-CLL cells. It is lost during in vitro culture and can be reinduced by IL-4, albeit to a lower extent than in normal B cells. To elucidate the events controlling CD23 expression in B-CLL cells, the IL-4 mediated induction of STAT6 was investigated. Western-blot analysis demonstra...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Kneitz C,Goller M,Seggewiss R,Yaman A,Serfling E,Tony HP

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A primary mitochondrial defect may be pivotal in the pathogenesis of acquired idiopathic sideroblastic anemia (AISA). The mitochondrial respiratory chain is involved in mitochondrial iron uptake and supply of ferrous iron (Fe2+) for heme synthesis. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) comes into play because several subunits of ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Gattermann N

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：:We report a unique case of de novo acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) with cryptic 15;17 rearrangements. Cytogenetically, structural rearrangements of the 6p23 region has been reported mainly in secondary leukemia. This patient had a karyotype of 46, XY, del(6)(p23) and no additional chromosomal abnormalities. Molecul...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Nakase K,Wakita Y,Minamikawa K,Yamaguchi T,Shiku H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined polymorphisms of glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes in 159 Japanese patients with myelodysplasia and compared the incidence with that in 43 normal individuals to clarify their pathogenetic significance in myelodysplasia. In individuals with the GSTT1 null genotype, the odds ratios for disease risk were ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Sasai Y,Horiike S,Misawa S,Kaneko H,Kobayashi M,Fujii H,Kashima K,Taniwaki M

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate whether transfer of the cytidine deaminase (CDD) cDNA would increase chemotherapy resistance to cytosine arabinoside (ara-C) we used a retroviral vector expressing both, neomycin phosphotransferase and the CDD cDNA, to transduce hematopoietic cells from cell lines and from murine bone marrow (B...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Flasshove M,Frings W,Schröder JK,Moritz T,Schütte J,Seeber S

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal human monocytes express Fas and are susceptible to Fas ligand (FasL)-induced apoptosis. Because the myeloid leukemia cell lines HL-60 and THP-1 can be differentiated into functional monocytes and macrophages, we studied their expression of Fas and Fas ligand (FasL) to determine whether there were differentiatio...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Bremner TA,Chatterjee D,Han Z,Tsan MF,Wyche JH

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulated myc, bcl-2 and/or TP53 gene expression is associated with non-Hodgkin's B cell lymphomas (B-NHLs). Emu-N-myc transgenic mice that misexpress N-myc protein and carry a non-disrupted bcl-2 gene develop indolent B cell lymphomas reminiscent of the B-NHL, follicular lymphoma. Tumors from mice with end-stage di...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Samant SA,Sheppard RD

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome, defined as > 5% bone marrow blasts, were treated with a combination of oral all-trans-retinoic acid (45 mg/m2 daily) and subcutaneous AraC (10 mg/m2) on days 1-14 of each 28-35 day cycle repeated for 2-6 cycles. Complete remission lasting 9, 12, and 15 months wa...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Letendre L,Noel P,White WL,Tefferi A,Litzow MR,Li CY,Schroeder G

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental data are in keeping with the finding that megakaryocytes isolated from normal human bone marrow may promote fibroblast growth. This effect can be significantly enhanced by interleukin (IL)-3. In this context it has been demonstrated that IL-3 induces the release of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) an...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Schmitz B,Wickenhauser C,Thiele J,Frimpong S,Brockbals C,Selbach B,Mueller C,Fischer R

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acute monocytic leukemia (AMoL) with t(5;11)(q31;q23) and a case of acute myelomonocytic leukemia (AMMoL) with t(5;11)(q35;q13.1) are reported. The translocation between the long arm of chromosome 11q and that of chromosome 5q with leukemia have been rarely reported. Though breakpoint of both cases were subt...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Itoh M,Okazaki T,Tashima M,Sawada H,Uchiyama T

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that the lipid second messenger, ceramide, and microtubule-directed chemotherapeutic agents might engage converging pathways in inducing apoptosis. Our studies demonstrated that simultaneous treatment of Jurkat cells with paclitaxel and ceramide enhanced paclitaxel-induced cell growth inhibition. Cell ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Myrick D,Blackinton D,Klostergaard J,Kouttab N,Maizel A,Wanebo H,Mehta S

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the high effectiveness of various P-glycoprotein (P-gp) modulating substances in vitro their clinical value e.g. for combination treatment of acute myelogenous leukemias (AML) remains still unclear. This might be explainable by recent findings that other factors than P-gp (e.g. the multidrug resistance associa...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Brügger D,Herbart H,Gekeler V,Seitz G,Liu C,Klingebiel T,Orlikowsky T,Einsele H,Denzlinger C,Bader P,Niethammer D,Beck JF

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the incidence of haematological malignancies in French Polynesia from 1990 to 1995, we collected cases from the local cancer registry, sanitary evacuation files and all the histopathology and clinical biology laboratories. All leukaemias, non Hodgkin's lymphomas, and multiple myelomas incidence was slight...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Roda L,de Vathaire F,Rio B,Le Tourneau A,Petididier P,Laudon F,Zittoun R

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effect of SCF on myeloid differentiation by correlating clonogenic potential (as CFU-GM), bone marrow (BM) plasma SCF levels and CD34/c-kit expression in 57 MDS samples. There was a significant correlation between low SCF levels and 'leukemic' in vitro growth, the number of clusters and the colony/clu...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Cortelezzi A,Cattaneo C,Cristiani S,Sarina B,Pomati M,Silvestris I,Ibatici A,Maiolo AT

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression and release of adhesion molecules by acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) blasts was investigated in vitro. For most patients AML blasts expressed relatively low levels of membrane-bound L-selectin and Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), but their soluble forms were detected in the supernatants for ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Bruserud O,Ulvestad E

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukemia cells enriched from peripheral blood of a patient with myelogenous leukemia were induced to differentiate with a purified T cell lymphokine neuroleukin. With sufficient neuroleukin concentrations, cells with macrophage-like morphology were identified among the developing adherent cells. After 2-5 days, approx...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Chiao JW,Xu W,Seiter K,Feldman E,Ahmed T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a unique case of acute myeloid leukemia with hypergranular cytoplasm and t(X;11)(q24;q23). The breakpoint on 11q23 was identified within the MLL gene. The hypergranular cytoplasm of leukemic cells and the associated coagulopathy resembled a characteristic of acute promyelocytic leukemia, despite ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Nakata Y,Mori T,Yamazaki T,Suzuki T,Okazaki T,Kurosawa Y,Kinoshita A,Ohyashiki K,Nakazawa S

更新日期：1999-01-01 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 investigated the effects of two sex steroids (17beta estradiol and testosterone) on five human leukemia cell lines. We observed a statistically significant inhibition of proliferation, dose and time dependent, of the human monoblastic leukemia cell line U937. This inhibition was associated with a dose dependent dec...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Mossuz P,Cousin F,Castinel A,Chauvet M,Sotto MF,Polack B,Sotto JJ,Kolodie L

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological progression of chronic myeloid leukaemia is often associated with secondary cytogenetic abnormalities but the molecular mechanisms underlying this progression are poorly understood. This study explores the association of c-myc gene amplification with the progression of chronic myeloid leukaemia in fourt...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Jennings BA,Mills KI

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated parental origin of rearranged chromosomes 9 and 22 (9q + and 22q -) in five patients with Ph-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) using the C-banding and silver-staining methods of nucleolus organizer regions, respectively; of rearranged chromosome 21 (21q +) in seven patients with t(8;21)-positive ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Nakamura H,Itoyama T,Niikawa N,Sadamori N,Tomonaga M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in children has been reported to be associated with various constitutional anomalies; however, it has not been described previously in patients with Griscelli syndrome (GS). In this report, we present a case with GS and refractory anemia with an excess of blasts. We believe that careful ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Cetin M,Hiçsönmez G,Göğüş S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) or phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) are two representative inducers which induce the differentiation of HL-60 cells to myelocytes and monocytes respectively. Structural modifications of the pentasaccharide core portion of N-glycans on cell surface glycoproteins during differentiatio...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Li Z,Liu AH,Liu F,Chen HL

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The active form of vitamin D, 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (VD3), inhibits proliferation and induces differentiation of myelomonocytic leukemia cells, but its clinical use is limited by the adverse effect of hypercalcemia. VD3 mobilizes calcium stores from bone by inducing the dissolution of bone mineral and matrix. ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Honma Y,Tobe H,Makishima M,Yokoyama A,Okabe-Kado J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe changes in antigen expression on HL60 cells with differentiation into granulocytes induced by all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) or dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO), into monocytes by alpha1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (D3), or into macrophages by 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA). Undifferentiated cells express...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Trayner ID,Bustorff T,Etches AE,Mufti GJ,Foss Y,Farzaneh F

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00