Project description:Comparison of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia patients expressing high or low levels of ZAP70 mRNA: prognostic factors and interaction with the microenvironment. Zeta-associated protein 70 (ZAP70) is a widely recognized prognostic factor in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), but mechanisms by which its higher expression leads to a poor outcome remain to be fully explained. In an attempt to unveil unfavorable cellular properties linked to high ZAP70 expression, we used gene expression profiling to identify genes associated with disparities in B-cells from CLL patients expressing high versus low ZAP70 mRNA, measured by quantitative real-time PCR. Keywords: comparison of poor and good prognosis CLL patient transcriptome regarding ZAP70 expression
Project description:Comparison of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia patients expressing high or low levels of ZAP70 mRNA: prognostic factors and interaction with the microenvironment. Zeta-associated protein 70 (ZAP70) is a widely recognized prognostic factor in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), but mechanisms by which its higher expression leads to a poor outcome remain to be fully explained. In an attempt to unveil unfavorable cellular properties linked to high ZAP70 expression, we used gene expression profiling to identify genes associated with disparities in B-cells from CLL patients expressing high versus low ZAP70 mRNA, measured by quantitative real-time PCR. Experiment Overall Design: Two groups of seven CLL patients were compared, selected on the basis of either high or low ZAP70 mRNA expression. Total RNA from CD19+ purified cells was exctracted and hybidyzed on Affymetrix GeneChipî Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array. Amplification, hybridization and scanning were done according to standard Affymetrix protocols (www.affymetrix.com). CEL files were ,normalized with RMA method.
Project description:Transcription profiling by array of peripheral blood from human chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients expressing high or low levels of ZAP70 mRNA
Project description:B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia - A model with immune response
Seema Nanda 1, , Lisette dePillis 2, and Ami Radunskaya 3,
1.
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Centre for Applicable Mathematics, Bangalore 560065, India
2.
Department of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
3.
Department of Mathematics, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
Abstract
B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) is known to have substantial clinical heterogeneity. There is no cure, but treatments allow for disease management. However, the wide range of clinical courses experienced by B-CLL patients makes prognosis and hence treatment a significant challenge. In an attempt to study disease progression across different patients via a unified yet flexible approach, we present a mathematical model of B-CLL with immune response, that can capture both rapid and slow disease progression. This model includes four different cell populations in the peripheral blood of humans: B-CLL cells, NK cells, cytotoxic T cells and helper T cells. We analyze existing data in the medical literature, determine ranges of values for parameters of the model, and compare our model outcomes to clinical patient data. The goal of this work is to provide a tool that may shed light on factors affecting the course of disease progression in patients. This modeling tool can serve as a foundation upon which future treatments can be based.
Keywords: NK cell, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, mathematical model, T cell., B-CLL.
Project description:In this study we investigated changes in gene expression induced by 2cPE (a non-selective isopeptidase inhibitor) in leukemia cells isolated from 10 different patients suffering of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. We compared 2cPE induced changes in mRNA levels with those induced by bortezomib, another well characterized proteasome inhibitor. Both inhibitors trigger apoptosis in leukemia cells.
Project description:We studied the value of the microRNAs as a signature for Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients with specific chromosomal abnormalities. We found that MiR-181b is abiomarker of disease progression in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Project description:THis is a simple ordinary differential equation model describing chemoimmunotherapy of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, including descriptions of the combinatorial effects of chemotherapy and adoptive cellular immunotherapy.
Project description:Notwithstanding advances in the prognostication of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), it remains challenging to distinguish between patients with favorable and unfavorable treatment-free survival (TFS). Additionally, the downstream protein correlates of well-known molecular features of CLL are not always clear. To address this, we performed large-scale, unbiased characterization of global intracellular protein expression in a cohort of 40 CLL cases (patients with time to first treatment [TTFT] ≤24 months of sampling) and 40 age- and sex-matched CLL controls (patients with TTFT >24 months since sampling). Expression of 3268 proteins was quantified in the cohort. IGHV mutational status and trisomy 12 were most impactful on the CLL proteome. Intriguingly, comparing our results to three recently performed CLL mass-spectrometry screens, we identified four proteins that are strongly and consistently associated with IGHV mutational status: ZAP70, LMNA, FTL and FTH1. Additionally, we found that high intracellular protein levels of THEMIS2, a signaling protein acting downstream of the B-cell receptor, was significantly associated with short TTFT, independently of IGHV and TP53 mutational status (HR 2.47 [95%CI 1.54-3.95], P<0.01). This association was validated on the mRNA and protein level by qPCR and ELISA, respectivelly. Lastly, analysis of an independently generated CLL mass-spectrometry dataset verified the association between THEMIS2 expression and TFS (high THEMIS2, median TFS 4 months, versus low THEMIS2, median TFS not reached, P<0.0001)3. In conclusion, we present a comprehensive characterization of the proteome of untreated CLL. Of note, we identify elevated gene and protein expression of THEMIS2 as putative biomarker of inferior TTFT.
Project description:Micro-RNA expression data of CD19 selected B-cells from previously treated and relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients. We aimed to correlate miR-34a with TP53 mutation status and del17p status. CD19 B-cells from previously treated and relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients were selected for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:Deciphering typical and atypical chronic lymphocytic leukemia genomics. DNA was isolated from peripheral blood leucocyte samples of each patient using the QIAamp kit in order to compare typical and atypical chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients using Agilent Whole Human Genome 44K and 244K microarrays.