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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
An increase in the proliferation and resistance to apoptosis of leukemic cells has been found in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) as the disease evolves from the chronic phase to blast crisis (BC). To contribute to a better knowledge of the molecular mechanisms involved in such biological abnormality, the expression of the survivin gene was studied by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the chronic phase of CML and at BC in 16 patients in whom sequential RNA samples from the 2 phases of the disease were available. Survivin was significantly overexpressed in both the chronic phase and BC as compared with granulocytes from controls. In BC, survivin expression was 7-fold higher than in the chronic phase, with such an increase being more pronounced in the myeloid (17-fold) than in the lymphoid cases (3-fold) (P = 0.03). Cell proliferation was significantly increased at BC, with Ki-67 expression being 2.8-fold higher than in the chronic phase. Despite the overexpression of both survivin and Ki-67 at BC, no significant correlation between their expression levels was observed. These data support a possible role for survivin overexpression in the pathogenesis of the progression of CML. However, further studies are required to elucidate the possible prognostic importance of such biological findings in this disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1042-8194
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
717-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Cell Growth Processes, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Microtubule-Associated Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16019509-Tumor Markers, Biological
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Survivin expression in the progression of chronic myeloid leukemia: a sequential study in 16 patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't