The homeobox gene CDX2 is aberrantly expressed and associated with an inferior prognosis in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Leukemia

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 649-655

  Thoene, S ^a,b   Rawat, V P S ^a,b   Heilmeier, B ^a   Hoster, E ^a   Metzeler, K H ^a   Herold, T ^a   Hiddemann, W ^a,b   Gokbuget N ^c   Hoelzer, D ^c   Bohlander, S K ^a,b   Feuring Buske, M ^a,b   Buske, C ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN; CLATHRIN; FLT3 LIGAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64849109765     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/leu.2008.355     Document Type: Article

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