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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
In this study, we examined myeloperoxidase (MPO) gene expression in a series of 31 non-infant pro-B acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) patients that included 16 cases with the t(4;11) translocation and/or the resultant ALL1/AF4 chimaeric gene. Sixteen out of 31 cases (51%) were MPO mRNA positive/enzyme negative. MPO mRNA was detected in nine out of 16 (56%) and seven out of 15 (47%) patients with and without the ALL1/AF4 fusion transcript respectively. The comparative study between MPO mRNA positive and negative cases showed statistically significant differences with regard to age and white blood cell (WBC) count, and was 39.5 years vs. 26.3 years (P = 0.016) and 71.4 x 10(9)/l vs. 157.8 x 10(9)/l (P = 0.046) in the MPO mRNA positive and negative groups respectively. The correlation analysis between MPO mRNA expression, age, WBC count and leukaemic relapse according to the presence/absence of the ALL1/AF4 fusion showed that the statistically significant differences observed in the whole group were related mostly to the ALL1/AF4-positive ALL patients. In fact, in this latter group, the mean WBC count and patients' age were 85 +/- 79 x 10(9)/l vs. 289.8 +/- 102 x 10(9)/l (P = 0.0005) and 44.8 +/- 15.3 years vs. 26.7 +/- 13.7 years (P = 0.01) in patients with and without MPO mRNA expression respectively. It appears, therefore, that the assessment of MPO mRNA expression enables a further dissection of leukaemia heterogeneity in apparently homogeneous genetic/immunophenotypic ALL subsets.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0007-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
111
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1065-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Antigens, CD34, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Burkitt Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Child, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Immunophenotyping, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Leukocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Oncogene Proteins, Fusion, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Proto-Oncogenes, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11167741-Translocation, Genetic
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Myeloperoxidase gene expression in non-infant pro-B acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with or without ALL1/AF4 transcript.
pubmed:affiliation
Haematology Department, University Hospital Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't