Abstract | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: AIM OF WORK: PATIENTS AND METHODS:
Fibromodulin gene expression was tested by one step reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 30 patients with B-CLL as well as in 20 age and sex matched healthy volunteers. RESULTS: In this study, fibromodulin gene was expressed in 46.7% of patients with B-CLL which was significantly different from the control age and sex matched healthy volunteers in which none of them showed peripheral blood mononuclear cells positivity for fibromodulin gene expression (0%) (p-value =0.006). We also found significant associations between higher fibomodulin gene expression and some risk factors in the studied CLL cases such as hepatomegaly, lower haemoglobin level, lower RBCs count, lower platelet count and borderline significant associations with other risk factors as lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that fibromodulin can be used as a target for therapeutic intervention and it may play a role in the pathophysiology of CLL.
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Authors | Doha Abd El-hamid Hassan, Rania Mohamed Samy, Osama Taha Abd-Elrahim, Caroline Sabry Salib |
Journal | Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute
(J Egypt Natl Canc Inst)
Vol. 23
Issue 1
Pg. 11-5
(Mar 2011)
ISSN: 2589-0409 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 22099931
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier B.V. |
Chemical References |
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins
- FMOD protein, human
- Proteoglycans
- RNA, Messenger
- Fibromodulin
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Case-Control Studies
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins
(genetics, metabolism)
- Female
- Fibromodulin
- Gene Expression
- Hepatomegaly
(metabolism)
- Humans
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
(metabolism)
- Lymphatic Diseases
(metabolism)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Proteoglycans
(genetics, metabolism)
- RNA, Messenger
(genetics, metabolism)
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Risk Factors
- Splenomegaly
(metabolism)
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