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| Linardi,C.C.G.; Martinez,G.; Velloso,E.D.R.P.; Leal,A.M.; Kumeda,C.A.; Buccheri,V.; Azevedo,R.S.; Peliçario,L.M.; Dorlhiac-Llacer,P.. |
| Eighty-six newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) patients from a public hospital of São Paulo (Brazil) were evaluated by cIg-FISH for the presence of del(13)(q14), t(4;14)(p16.3;q32) and del(17)(p13). These abnormalities were observed in 46.5, 9.3, and 7.0% of the patients, respectively. In order to identify the possible role of del(13)(q14) in the physiopathology of MM, we investigated the association between this abnormality and the proliferative and apoptotic indexes of plasma cells. When cases demonstrating t(4;14)(p16.3;q32) and del(17)(p13) were excluded from the analysis, we observed a trend towards a positive correlation between the proportion of cells carrying del(13)(q14) and plasma cell proliferation, determined by Ki-67 expression (r = 0.23, P... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Multiple myeloma; Cell proliferation; Apoptosis; Prognosis; Fluorescence in situ hybridization. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012001100012 |
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