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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Boris Bartholdy
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-35008 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Blood 20150325 20
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are associated with disease-initiating stem cells that are not eliminated by conventional therapies. Novel therapeutic targets against preleukemic stem cells need to be identified for potentially curative strategies. We conducted parallel transcriptional analysis of highly fractionated stem and progenitor populations in MDS, AML, and control samples and found interleukin 8 (IL8) to be consistently overexpressed in patient samples. ...[more]