1. High expression of WT1 gene in acute myeloid leukemias with more predominant WT1+17AA isoforms at relapse
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Gu, Weiying, Hu, Shaoyan, Chen, Zixing, Qiu, Guoqiang, Cen, Jiannong, He, Bai, He, Jun, and Wu, Wei
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GENE expression , *ACUTE myeloid leukemia , *CANCER relapse , *REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction , *CANCER diagnosis , *BONE marrow cells , *AMINO acids , *CANCER genes , *GENETICS - Abstract
Abstract: Real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method was established for detecting the expression levels of WT1 gene and WT1+17AA isoforms in 226 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) bone marrow (BM) cells. The results showed that WT1 gene was 2–3 logarithms expressed more in AML BM cells at initial diagnosis or relapse than in normal BM cells (p <0.001), with predominant WT1+17AA isoforms expression (the ratio of WT1+17AA/WT1 more than 0.50). Interestingly the ratio of WT1+17AA/WT1 was statistically higher in relapsed AMLs than in initially diagnosed (p =0.01), speculating that WT1+17AA isoforms might participate in AML relapse. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2010
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