High expression of WT1 gene in acute myeloid leukemias with more predominant WT1+17AA isoforms at relapse

Leukemia Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-49

  Gu, Weiying ^a   Hu, Shaoyan ^a   Chen, Zixing ^a   Qiu, Guoqiang ^a   Cen, Jiannong ^a   He, Bai ^a   He, Jun ^a   Wu, Wei ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Gene; Isoforms; Real time quantitative; Relapse; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; WT1

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, WILMS TUMOR; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; RECURRENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 73249117435     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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