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Preparation of Primary Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells in Different Cell Cycle Phases by Centrifugal Elutriation
Published on: November 10, 2017
[Expression of cyclin A in childhood acute leukemia and its significance]
Jun Wang1, Yun-juan Zhang, Jian-fei Feng
1Department of Pediatrics, Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
Objective:
To investigate the expression of cyclin A protein in childhood acute leukemia (AL) and its significance.
Methods:
By using Western blotting analysis, cyclin A protein in bone marrow mononuclear cells from 47 newly diagnosed AL children and 33 non-hematological malignancy children was detected.
Results:
The expression of cyclin A in AL group (0.38 +/- 0.20) was higher than that in control group (0.03 +/- 0.15) (P < 0.01). The expression of cyclin A in high risk acute lymphocyte leukemia (ALL) group (HR-ALL) (0.62 +/- 0.38) was higher than that in standard risk ALL group (SR-ALL) (0.33 +/- 0.33) (P < 0.05). The expression of cyclin A in WBC > or = 50 x 10(9)/L group and in WBC < 50 x 10(9)/L group was (0.64 +/- 0.36) and (0.39 +/- 0.38), respectively (P < 0.05). Eight (44.4%) out of 18 patients with positive cyclin A expression achieved complete remission (CR). The CR rate was lower than that of patients with negative cyclin A expression (100%) (P < 0.01).
Conclusions:
The higher expression of cyclin A may predict a poor prognosis for childhood ALL.
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