Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2137618 | Leukemia Research | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Methylation profile was analyzed in ninety-five patients with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Methylation of both MGMT and p16 genes were associated with higher age (p = 0.01 and p = 0.03, respectively). Methylation of both p15 and SHP1 genes occurred more frequently in T-ALL than in precursor B-ALL (p = 0.02 and p = 0.01, respectively). In contrast, methylation of the DAPK gene was more frequent in precursor B-ALL (p = 0.01). Patients with methylation of multiple genes more likely had T cell phenotype, and are classified as medium/high risk (p = 0.004 and p = 0.03, respectively). These results suggest that methylation status is associated with clinicopathological features in childhood ALL.
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Authors
Seisho Takeuchi, Masahide Matsushita, Martin Zimmermann, Takayuki Ikezoe, Naoki Komatsu, Taku Seriu, Martin Schrappe, Claus R. Bartram, H. Phillip Koeffler,