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Gene expression profiles of nurse-like cells (NLCs) generated in vitro from chronic lymphocytic leukemia in presence of lenalidomide

ABSTRACT: NLCs were generated in vitro by culturing PBMCs from CLL patients for 10 days with/without the addition of 0.5 ÂµM lenalidomide. Then, nonadherent cells were removed by vigorous pipetting and the remaining adherent cells were harvested for analyses. We inspected the whole-genome gene expression profiles of NLCs (control sample vs. lenalidomide-treated sample) derived from 4 CLL patients by microarray. Supervised analysis identified 584 genes differentially expressed upon lenalidomide treatment, 352 up-regulated and 232 down-regulated (p<0.05). RNA was extracted with the RNeasy Plus Mini kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA). Large-scale gene expression profiling (GEP) was performed by hybridizing RNA from NLCs treated or not with lenalidomide 0.5 ÂµM for 10 days (n=4) on 4X44K Whole Human Genome Microarray (Agilent Technologies, Palo alto, CA). Genes were defined as differentially expressed between groups (NLCs CTRL vs. NLCs LENALIDOMIDE) at p<0.05 (paired t-test) and fold change Â± 1.5 by using Gene Spring GX v12.6 (Agilent) software.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Rossana Maffei

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-57861 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Lenalidomide interferes with tumor-promoting properties of nurse-like cells in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Fiorcari Stefania S Martinelli Silvia S Bulgarelli Jenny J Audrito Valentina V Zucchini Patrizia P Colaci Elisabetta E Potenza Leonardo L Narni Franco F Luppi Mario M Deaglio Silvia S Marasca Roberto R Maffei Rossana R

Haematologica 20141114 2

Lenalidomide is an immunomodulatory agent clinically active in chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients. The specific mechanism of action is still undefined, but includes modulation of the microenvironment. In chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients, nurse-like cells differentiate from CD14(+) mononuclear cells and protect chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells from apoptosis. Nurse-like cells resemble M2 macrophages with potent immunosuppressive functions. Here, we examined the effect of lenalidomide on ...[more]

PMID: 25398834

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Gene expression profiles of nurse-like cells (NLCs) generated in vitro from chronic lymphocytic leukemia in presence of lenalidomide

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