Pathogenesis of myelodysplastic syndromes: An overview of molecular and non-molecular aspects of the disease

Blood Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 216-227

  Visconte, Valeria ^a   Tiu, Ramon V ^a   Rogers, Heesun J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

MDS; Molecular mutation; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; ASXL1 PROTEIN; AZACITIDINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; CXCL11 CHEMOKINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE 2; JANUS KINASE 2; PROTEIN; PRPF8 PROTEIN; RAD21 PROTEIN; SF3B1 PROTEIN; SMC1A PROTEIN; SRSF2 PROTEIN; SUZ12 PROTEIN; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; THROMBOPOIETIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; U2AF1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84920938177     PISSN: 2287979X     EISSN: 22880011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5045/br.2014.49.4.216     Document Type: Review

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