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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
We evaluated the clinical course of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and the levels of WT1 mRNA in 191 AML patients. Of 114 previously untreated patients with AML, 107 cases were positive for WT1 mRNA (93.9% : 107/114). WT1 mRNA expression-levels declined to below 50 copies/microg RNA ("negative") after remission was achieved in all 66 patients who achieved remission and 84.8% (47/54) cases were "negative" at the end of the follow-up periods. On the other hand, WT1 mRNA was expressed in 87.0% of non-remission cases (47/54), maintaining 50 copies/microg of RNA or higher ("positive"). In all 29 cases who relapsed during the follow-up observation period after achieving remission, WT1 mRNA levels declined transiently approximately around the time of achieving remission and then rose again when the disease relapsed. Moreover, we determined the time of elevation of WT1 mRNA in 29 relapsed cases. In 79.3% of relapsed cases (23/29), WT1 mRNA levels rose above 200 copies/microg RNA, 43 days (median) before the diagnosis of "relapse". Given the percent of the correct diagnosis, WT1 mRNA at 200 copies/microg RNA appeared to be a reasonable cut-off level for early detection of AML-relapse. The WT1 mRNA level reflected the clinical condition. Taken together, these findings indicate that WT1 mRNA levels allow us to detect the presence of so-called "minimal residual disease" (leukemic cells) that cannot be detected by morphological examination. Besides these promising data, this kit is suitable for routine monitoring of AML because this kit utilizes peripheral blood as a test specimen, reducing the patient's burden at the time of collection of clinical samples as compared with bone marrow aspirate.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0485-1439
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:ChibaShigeruS, pubmed-author:EmiNobuhikoN, pubmed-author:HamaguchiMotohiroM, pubmed-author:HiraokaAkiraA, pubmed-author:InoueNobumasaN, pubmed-author:KitamuraKuniakiK, pubmed-author:KoderaYoshinaoY, pubmed-author:KogaDaisukeD, pubmed-author:KomatsuNorioN, pubmed-author:KosugiHirofumiH, pubmed-author:MitaniKinukoK, pubmed-author:MiyawakiShuichiS, pubmed-author:MizoguchiHideakiH, pubmed-author:MorishimaYasuoY, pubmed-author:MorishitaTakehisaT, pubmed-author:NakagawaMasashiM, pubmed-author:NaoeTomokiT, pubmed-author:OgawaHiroyasuH, pubmed-author:OhnishiKazunoriK, pubmed-author:OyashikiKazumaK, pubmed-author:SomaToshihiroT, pubmed-author:SugimotoKoichiK, pubmed-author:SugiyamaHaruoH, pubmed-author:TakakuFumimaroF, pubmed-author:TamakiHiroyaH, pubmed-author:TamakiToshiharuT, pubmed-author:TobitaTadashiT, pubmed-author:UedaRyuzoR
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1279-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Early Diagnosis, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Japan, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Monitoring, Physiologic, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Neoplasm, Residual, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-RNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Reagent Kits, Diagnostic, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-Tumor Markers, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:16447800-WT1 Proteins
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
[Clinical course of the disease and the level of WT1 mRNA in 191 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML): joint research by 23 institutions in Japan].
pubmed:affiliation
Saiseikai Maebashi Hospital (Division of Hematology).
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Multicenter Study