abstract：:HSP90 is a multi-client chaperone involved in regulating a large array of cellular processes and is commonly overexpressed in many different cancer types including hematological malignancies. Inhibition of HSP90 holds promise for targeting multiple molecular abnormalities and is therefore an attractive target for hete...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Lazenby M,Hills R,Burnett AK,Zabkiewicz J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the frequency, clinical characteristics, and prognosis of IGH deletion in multiple myeloma (MM). METHODS:A total of 310 consecutive patients with multiple myeloma were analyzed. Among them 251 patients were newly diagnosed and 59 patients were previously treated, fluorescence in situ hybridization...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： He H,Fu W,Jiang H,Du J,Zhou L,Zhang C,Xi H,Li R,Hou J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated Syk as a potential marker of CML progression. We observed a significant over-expression of Syk mRNA and constitutive phosphorylation of Syk Y348 in blast cells from six AP or BP-CML, but not in 15 CML in chronic phase. We could follow in vivo the recurrence of pSyk(348) throughout blast cell escape, de...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Bourgne C,Janel A,Berger J,Rapatel C,Tournilhac O,Hermet E,Guerci A,Lioret F,Briançon A,Bamdad M,Boiret-Dupré N,Berger MG

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) may be underreported in cancer registries such as the Netherlands Cancer Registry (NCR). Analysis of Dutch medical claims can complement NCR data on MDS and CMML. We analyzed data on 3681 MDS patients and 235 CMML patients aged ≥18 years with i...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Dinmohamed AG,van Norden Y,Visser O,Posthuma EF,Huijgens PC,Sonneveld P,van de Loosdrecht AA,Jongen-Lavrencic M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Up to 30% of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and abnormal cytogenetics have persistent cytogenetic abnormalities (pCytAbnl) at morphologic complete remission (mCR). We hypothesized that the prognostic significance of pCytAbnl in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) i...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Rashidi A,Cashen AF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of socioeconomic status (SES) upon childhood cancer outcomes has not been extensively examined. Our objective was to determine the association between SES and event-free survival (EFS) among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) diagnosed in Ontario, Canada from 1995-2011 (N=1541) using Cox propo...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Gupta S,Sutradhar R,Guttmann A,Sung L,Pole JD

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the function of a SEPT9-ABL1 fusion identified in a case of T-prolymphocytic leukemia with tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) resistance. Five isoforms with different N-termini, including SEPT9a-ABL1, SEPT9b-ABL1, SEPT9d-ABL1, SEPT9e-ABL1 and SEPT9f-ABL1, were detected in the leukemic cells. All isoforms exce...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Kawai H,Matsushita H,Suzuki R,Sheng Y,Lu J,Matsuzawa H,Yahata T,Tsuma-Kaneko M,Tsukamoto H,Kawada H,Ogawa Y,Ando K

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively evaluated the prognostic significance of polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use among 150 patients >60 years of age receiving induction chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). After adjustment for age and comorbidity, increased number of medications at diagnosis (≥ 4 versus ≤ 1) wa...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Elliot K,Tooze JA,Geller R,Powell BL,Pardee TS,Ritchie E,Kennedy L,Callahan KE,Klepin HD

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classical myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are comparatively uncommon in children and display a degree of mutational naivety if considering the high frequency of known MPN driver events observed in the corresponding adult diseases. Whole exome sequencing has unravelled much of the underlying molecular complexity...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Langabeer SE,Haslam K,McMahon C

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway is implicated in the pathogenesis of many haematologic malignancies, including multiple myeloma. Under conditions of rapid cell turnover and growth rate, proteasomes are returned into circulation. The measurement of their levels or activity could offer a new approach to diagnosis, prog...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Oldziej A,Bolkun L,Galar M,Kalita J,Ostrowska H,Romaniuk W,Kloczko J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have identified SOX11 as a novel diagnostic marker for mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). We quantified SOX11 by a truly mRNA specific qPCR assay in longitudinal peripheral blood samples from 20 patients and evidenced a close relationship of SOX11 expression and clinical status of the patients. In eight patien...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Simonsen AT,Sørensen CD,Ebbesen LH,Bødker JS,Bentzen HH,Nyvold CG

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the antineoplastic effects of the iron chelators, deferasirox and deferoxamine in multiple myeloma cell lines as well as primary myeloma cells. These iron chelators showed marked antiproliferative activity as well as cytotoxicity toward myeloma cell lines and deferasirox was cytotoxic to bone marrow plasma...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Pullarkat V,Meng Z,Donohue C,Yamamoto VN,Tomassetti S,Bhatia R,Krishnan A,Forman SJ,Synold TW

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total body irradiation (TBI) has traditionally been used in the conditioning regimen for allogenetic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHCT) from an unrelated donor (u-HCT). However, patients are increasingly receiving a fludarabine-based conditioning regimen without TBI, as it seemed less toxic than TBI. We...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Kim H,Lee KH,Kim I,Sohn SK,Jung CW,Joo YD,Kim SH,Kim BS,Choi JH,Kwak JY,Kim MK,Bae SH,Shin HJ,Won JH,Lee WS,Oh S,Kim HJ,Park JH,Korean Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delocalized lipophilic cation dequalinium (DQA) selectively accumulates in mitochondria and displays anticancer activity in different malignancies. Our previous studies indicate a DQA-induced cytotoxicity in human acute promyelocytic leukemia NB4 cells by early disturbance in mitochondrial function and oxidative stres...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： García-Pérez AI,Galeano E,Nieto E,Estañ MC,Sancho P

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GNAS1 gene is located at the long arm of chromosome 20 (q13.32). GNAS1 gene deletion has never been investigated in MDS. A GNAS1 activating mutation (R201) was recently found in MDS. We applied FISH and DHPLC plus sequencing to investigate GNAS1 gene in MDS cases with and without del(20q) at karyotype. ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Di Giacomo D,Lema Fernandez AG,Pierini T,Crescenzi B,Brandimarte L,Matteucci C,Testoni N,Mecucci C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

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：:The peripheral blood lymphocyte to monocyte ratio (LMR) at diagnosis has been used to predict survival in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients, but its prognostic significance with respect to different cell-of-origin (COO) subtypes remains unknown. We retrospectively analyzed 168 de novo DLBCL patients in th...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Wei X,Huang F,Wei Y,Jing H,Xie M,Hao X,Feng R

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate the expression of MIP-1 alpha and sclerostin in bone marrow of patients with multiple myeloma (MM), the possible association of the sclerostin and MIP-1 alpha with MBD and the clinical characteristics. 53 patients (29 M, 24 F), median age 64 years was studied. MIP-1 alpha, scler...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Wang XT,He YC,Zhou SY,Jiang JZ,Huang YM,Liang YZ,Lai YR

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the evolution of effective frontline treatment strategies, many patients with myeloma inevitably relapse. Treatment can be complicated by the interplay of disease-, treatment-, and patient-related factors. Unfortunately, many patients eventually develop disease that is refractory to lenalidomide and bortezomib...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Mark TM,Coleman M,Niesvizky R

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) require transfusions at the risk of iron overload and associated organ damage, and death. Emerging evidence indicates that iron chelation therapy (ICT) could reduce mortality and improve survival in transfusion-dependent MDS patients, especially those classi...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Delforge M,Selleslag D,Beguin Y,Triffet A,Mineur P,Theunissen K,Graux C,Trullemans F,Boulet D,Van Eygen K,Noens L,Van Steenweghen S,Lemmens J,Pierre P,D'hondt R,Ferrant A,Deeren D,Van De Velde A,Wynendaele W,André M

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:microRNA profiling of acute myeloid leukemia patient samples identified miR-125a as being decreased. Current literature has investigated miR-125a's role in normal hematopoiesis but not within acute myeloid leukemia. Analysis of the upstream region of miR-125a identified several CpG islands. Both precursor and mature m...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Ufkin ML,Peterson S,Yang X,Driscoll H,Duarte C,Sathyanarayana P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of all trials comparing MMF and methotrexate as GVHD prophylaxis. Our search yielded 11 studies; 3 were randomized-control trials (RCTs). While the incidence of grades 2-4 acute GVHD was comparable, the incidence of grades 3 and 4 acute GVHD was higher in patients giv...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Ram R,Yeshurun M,Vidal L,Shpilberg O,Gafter-Gvili A

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited information is available on the relationship between expression of some additional aberrant phenotypic features and outcome of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) patients. Here, we set out to assess the frequency of CD15 and CD56 expression, and their prognostic value in a large series of APL patients. One hun...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Breccia M,De Propris MS,Minotti C,Stefanizzi C,Raponi S,Colafigli G,Latagliata R,Guarini A,Foà R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This 5-year, prospective registry enrolled 600 lower-risk MDS patients (pts) with transfusional iron overload. Clinical outcomes were compared between chelated and nonchelated pts. At baseline, cardiovascular comorbidities were more common in non-chelated pts, and MDS therapy was more common in chelated pts. At 24 mon...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Lyons RM,Marek BJ,Paley C,Esposito J,Garbo L,DiBella N,Garcia-Manero G

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in first complete remission (CR1) may be treated either with ongoing systemic chemotherapy or with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT). Despite the presence of phase III trials to support clinical decision-making, we hypothesized that physicians who tr...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Paulson K,Szwajcer D,Raymond CB,Seftel MD

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a comprehensive cost calculation identifying the main cost drivers of treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in daily practice. In our observational study 160 patient charts were reviewed repeatedly to assess the treatment strategies from diagnosis till the study end. Ninety-seven patients (61%) recei...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Holtzer-Goor KM,Bouwmans-Frijters CA,Schaafsma MR,de Weerdt O,Joosten P,Posthuma EF,Wittebol S,Huijgens PC,Mattijssen EJ,Vreugdenhil G,Visser H,Peters WG,Erjavec Z,Wijermans PW,Daenen SM,van der Hem KG,van Oers MH,Groot

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The revised IPSS (IPSS-R) was developed aiming at a better prognostication, taking into account patients treated with best supportive care. We herein validated this model on the basis of data from 1314 patients who received BSC only as well as patients who underwent induction chemotherapy (n=214) or allogeneic transpl...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Neukirchen J,Lauseker M,Blum S,Giagounidis A,Lübbert M,Martino S,Siragusa S,Schlenk RF,Platzbecker U,Hofmann WK,Götze K,Palumbo GA,Magrin S,Kündgen A,Aul C,Hildebrandt B,Hasford J,Kobbe G,Haas R,Germing U

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD200 is a relatively ubiquitously expressed molecule that plays a role in cancer immune evasion through interaction with its receptors. High expression levels of CD200 have been described in different human malignancies. For example, CD200 has been shown to be targeted after RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK activation in melanoma. He...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Conticello C,Giuffrida R,Parrinello N,Buccheri S,Adamo L,Sciuto MR,Colarossi C,Aiello E,Chiarenza A,Romano A,Salomone E,Gulisano M,Giustolisi R,Di Raimondo F

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MYBL2 gene encodes a transcription factor implicated in cell proliferation and maturation whose amplification or overexpression has been associated with different human malignancies, suggesting that it could be implicated in tumorigenesis. We analyzed MYBL2 expression and its prognostic value in 291 patients with ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Fuster O,Llop M,Dolz S,García P,Such E,Ibáñez M,Luna I,Gómez I,López M,Cervera J,Montesinos P,Moscardó F,Cordón L,Solves P,de Juan I,Palanca S,Bolufer P,Sanz MÁ,Barragán E

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analyzed allogenic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) outcomes in 82 patients with AML or MDS were conditioned with fludarabine, idarubicin, intravenous-busulfan and cytarabine (FIBA) or busulfan and cyclophosphamide (BuCy). Compared to BuCy regimen, reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) with FIBA ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Gao L,Gao L,Gong Y,Zhang C,Chen XH,Zhang X

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small endogenous RNA molecules that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level through its sequence complementation with target mRNAs. An individual miRNA species can simultaneously influence the expression of multiple genes and conversely, several miRNAs can synchronously contro...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Mazan-Mamczarz K,Gartenhaus RB

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyothorax-associated lymphoma (PAL) is a representative form of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma associated with chronic inflammation, in which the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genome is consistently detectable in the lymphoma cells of all PAL cases. Cell lines and animal models would be useful for understanding better this ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Taniguchi A,Hashida Y,Nemoto Y,Taguchi T,Iwahara Y,Daibata M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomere dysfunction might generate genomic instability leading to the progression of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) into acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We investigated telomere length (TL), telomerase activity (TA) and hTERT, c-myc, mad1, and p53 expression in the bone marrow of patients with MDS (n=109), AML (n=47) ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Poloni A,Serrani F,Berardinelli E,Maurizi G,Mariani M,Costantini B,Trappolini S,Mancini S,Olivieri A,Leoni P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Telomerase disfunction leads to short telometric overhangs, potentially resulting in chromosome instability. AIMS:To better understand the role of overhang length in the progression of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). METHODS:Bone marrow samples of 62 Chinese MDS patients were screened for TERT and TERC gen...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Yan S,Han B,Li H,Wu Y,Zhou D,Zhao Y

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA (miRNA) is an important regulator of cellular proliferation, differentiation and death. Leukemia-specific signature of miRNAs suggests that epigenetic dysregulation of miRNAs is important for leukemogenesis. We focused on the role of DNA methylation of miR-203 which targets BCR-ABL1 mRNA. The microarray analy...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Shibuta T,Honda E,Shiotsu H,Tanaka Y,Vellasamy S,Shiratsuchi M,Umemura T

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early T-cell precursor-ALL (ETP-ALL) is a subtype of T-ALL with a poor prognosis in children. We analyzed ETP-ALL compared to conventional T-ALL/LBL in both adults and children to determine any differences in clinical outcomes, based on the following parameters: induction failure, relapse, and survival. Patients with ...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Allen A,Sireci A,Colovai A,Pinkney K,Sulis M,Bhagat G,Alobeid B

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that the high early death rate (EDR) due to bleeding in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is in part attributable to delays in all- trans retinoic acid (ATRA). We conducted a retrospective analysis of the timing of ATRA administration. 204 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed APL between 1992 and...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Altman JK,Rademaker A,Cull E,Weitner BB,Ofran Y,Rosenblat TL,Haidau A,Park JH,Ram SL,Orsini JM Jr,Sandhu S,Catchatourian R,Trifilio SM,Adel NG,Frankfurt O,Stein EM,Mallios G,Deblasio T,Jurcic JG,Nimer S,Peterson L

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Growing evidence demonstrates that an increased number of CD68 positive tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) is associated with decreased survival in patients with newly diagnosed classic Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). However, the impact of TAM in relapsed and refractory disease is unknown. DESIGN AND METHODS:To inv...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Casulo C,Arcila M,Bohn OL,Teruya-Feldstein J,Maragulia J,Moskowitz CH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further understand the role of XIAP in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), we suppressed XIAP expression by antisense oligonucleotides and determined the effect on gene expression profiles and biological pathways. XIAP inhibition upregulated expression of proteasome genes in a manner similar to the proteasome inhibitor b...

journal_title：Leukemia research

authors： Carter BZ,Mak DH,Wang Z,Ma W,Mak PY,Andreeff M,Davis RE

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00