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| Santana,B.A.A.; Pintão,M.C.; Lima,R.S. Abreu e; Scheucher,P.S.; Santos,G.A.S.; Garcia,A.B.; Falcão,R.P.; Rego,E.M.. |
| Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is characterized by the expansion of blasts that resemble morphologically promyelocytes and harbor a chromosomal translocation involving the retinoic acid receptor a (RARa) and the promyelocytic leukemia (PML) genes on chromosomes 17 and 15, respectively. The expression of the PML/RARa fusion gene is essential for APL genesis. In fact, transgenic mice (TM) expressing PML/RARa develop a form of leukemia that mimics the hematological findings of human APL. Leukemia is diagnosed after a long latency (approximately 12 months) during which no hematological abnormality is detected in peripheral blood (pre-leukemic phase). In humans, immunophenotypic analysis of APL blasts revealed distinct features; however, the precise... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Acute promyelocytic leukemia; Acute myelogenous leukemia; Transgenic mice; Flow cytometry; Leukemogenesis. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000500008 |
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