Project description:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disease in respect of molecular aberrations and prognosis. We used gene expression profiling of 562 patients treated in the German AMLCG 1999 trial to develop a gene signature that predicts survival in AML. Analysis of 562 samples (140 HGU-133plus2; 422 HGU-133A; 422 HGU-133B) from adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Project description:All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)-based differentiation therapy has achieved success with the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), a unique subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, other subtypes of AML display resistance to ATRA-based treatment. Here, we demonstrate that a novel natural vibsane-type diterpenoid vibsanine A promotes the differentiation of myeloid leukemia cell lines and primary AML blasts. To reveal how vibsanine A function on promoting myeloid leukemia cell differentiation, we analyzed and compared the gene expression profiles in myeloid leukemia HL-60 cells treated with vibsanine A, PMA, and ATRA. HL-60 cells were treated with vibsanine A, PMA and ATRA for 6 hours or longer up to 24 hours. Gene expression profiling was conducted
