Aldehyde dehydrogenase activity in leukemic blasts defines a subgroup of acute myeloid leukemia with adverse prognosis and superior NOD/SCID engrafting potential
Aldehyde dehydrogenase activity in leukemic blasts defines a subgroup of acute myeloid leukemia with adverse prognosis and superior NOD/SCID engrafting potential
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.leu.2404721
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发表时间:
2007-07-01
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11.4
通讯作者:
Leung, A. Y. H.
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Cheung, A. M. S.;Wan, T. S. K.;Leung, A. Y. H.
Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) activity is used to define normal hematopoietic stem cell (HSC), but its link to leukemic stem cells (LSC) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is currently unknown. We hypothesize that ALDH activity in AML might be correlated with the presence of LSC. Fifty-eight bone marrow (BM) samples were collected from AML (n = 43), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) (n = 8) and normal cases (n = 7). In 14 AML cases, a high SSClo ALDH(br) cell population was identified (ALDH(+)AML) (median: 14.89%, range: 5.65-48.01%), with the majority of the SSClo ALDHbr cells coexpressing CD34(+). In another 29 cases, there was undetectable (n = 23) or rare (