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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-2-8
pubmed:abstractText
The actual significance of the type of BCR-ABL rearrangement in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) prognosis remains controversial. Also, the molecular events that lead to CML progression are largely unknown. We analyzed the M-BCR breakpoint position in 64 CML patients by Southern blot and correlated the molecular findings with the cytogenetic, hematologic, and clinical data. No statistically significant differences were found with respect to the clinical and hematologic data presented at diagnosis or in the median duration of chronic phase (CP) and survival between the groups of patients with 5' and 3' breakpoints. We also studied by PCR-SSCP and direct sequencing the p53 gene in patients with specimens available in both chronic phase and blast crisis. We identified p53 mutations in 17% of the blast crisis samples analyzed, whereas no abnormalities were found in CP. This finding suggests that only in a minor fraction of cases are lesions in the p53 gene involved in transformation. Given the present findings, along with previous reports, we believe that a novel mechanism to explain the heterogeneity of CML should be postulated and actively pursued, as should the identification of secondary molecular events more consistently involved in progression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0165-4608
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
84
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-DNA Probes, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcr, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Transformation, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8536222-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Further evidence for the lack of correlation between the breakpoint site within M-BCR and CML prognosis and for the occasional involvement of p53 in transformation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hematology, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't