PML Gene,arsenic and apoptosis of leukemic cells

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2002-03-13
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<正>Acutepromyelocyticleukaemia(APL)hasbeenattractingawideinterestfarbeyondhematologicalfieldinthelastdozenyearsduetothepresenceofspecificchromosometranlocationsandclinicalresponsibilitytoall-transretinoicacid(ATRA)bydifferentiationinductionaswellastoarsenictrioxide(ATO).Most(>95%)APLpatientscarryspecificchromosometranslocationt(15;17),whichleadstodiscoveryofPMLgeneonchromosome15.SuchatranslocationcausesthefusionofPMLtoretinoicacidreceptor-alpha