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Significance of CD66c expression in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

  • Nobutaka Kiyokawa
  • , Kazutoshi Iijima
  • , Osamu Tomita
  • , Masashi Miharu
  • , Daisuke Hasegawa
  • , Kenichiro Kobayashi
  • , Hajime Okita
  • , Michiko Kajiwara
  • , Hiroyuki Shimada
  • , Takeshi Inukai
  • , Atsushi Makimoto
  • , Takashi Fukushima
  • , Toru Nanmoku
  • , Katsuyoshi Koh
  • , Atsushi Manabe
  • , Akira Kikuchi
  • , Kanji Sugita
  • , Junichiro Fujimoto
  • , Yasuhide Hayashi
  • , Akira Ohara

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Abstract

Upon analyzing 696 childhood B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL) cases, we identified the characteristics of CD66c expression. In addition to the confirmation of strong correlation with BCR-ABL positivity and hyperdiploid, we further observed that CD66c is frequently expressed in CRLF2-positive (11/15, p < 0.01 against chimeric gene-negative) as well as hypodiploid cases (3/4), whereas it is never expressed in ETV6-RUNX1, MLL-AF4, MLL-AF9, MLL-ENL, and E2A-PBX1-positive cases. Although the expression of CD66c itself is not directly linked to the prognosis, the accompanying genetic abnormalities are important prognostic factors for BCP-ALL, indicating the importance of CD66c expression in the initial diagnosis of BCP-ALL.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)42-48
Number of pages7
JournalLeukemia Research
Volume38
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014 Jan

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
  • CD66c
  • CRLF2, Flow cytometry
  • Genetic abnormality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hematology
  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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