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Identification of prognosis markers in pediatric high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Zakia Al-Lamki, Yasser A. Wali, Shah M. Wasifuddin, Mathew Zachariah, Rayhanah Al-Mjeni, Changping Li, Shanmugakonar Muralitharan, Khalsa Al-Kharusi, Preethi Gunaratne, Leif E. Peterson, Richard Gibbs, Marie Claude Gingras, Judith F. Margolin

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    Abstract

    Gene expression profiling may improve the understanding of the biology behind relapse in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Using suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), cDNA concatenated sequencing (CCS), and reverse transcriptase real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-RQ-PCR) on high-risk patient samples with nondeterminant chromosomal translocation, the authors identified 3 genes that were significantly overexpressed in the nonrelapsed patients: the calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase (CASK), subunit 2 of the cofactor required for SP1 transcriptional activation (CRSP2), and granzyme K (GZMK). The level of expression of these biomarkers may help identify patients with potentially good prognosis within a group otherwise at high risk of relapse.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)629-643
    Number of pages15
    JournalPediatric Hematology and Oncology
    Volume22
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Oct 2005

    Keywords

    • ALL
    • CASK
    • CRSP2
    • Gene expression profiling
    • GZMK

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
    • Hematology
    • Oncology
    • Cancer Research

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