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In situ RHAMM protein expression in acute myeloid leukemia blasts suggests poor overall survival

Tzankov, Alexandar and Strasser, Ulrich and Dirnhofer, Stephan and Menter, Thomas and Arber, Caroline and Jotterand, Martine and Rovo, Alicia and Tichelli, Andre and Stauder, Reinhard and Günthert, Ursula. (2011) In situ RHAMM protein expression in acute myeloid leukemia blasts suggests poor overall survival. Annals of hematology, Volume 90, issue 8. pp. 901-909.

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Abstract

Treatment options for patients with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML) include high-dose chemotherapy regimens in combination with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, which takes advantage of the donor T-cell-mediated graft-versus-leukemia effect. Together with beneficial responses observed in assays targeted at leukemia-associated antigens (LAA), this encouraged research on cancer vaccines and adoptive cellular therapies in AML. The receptor for hyaluronic acid-mediated motility (RHAMM, CD168) was identified as one of the most promising LAA in AML. Thus far, little is known about in situ expression in leukemic bone marrow blasts or the prognostic role of RHAMM and its interaction partners in AML. We immunohistochemically analyzed the expression and prognostic significance of RHAMM on trephine bone marrow biopsies from 71 AML cases that had been evaluated for cytogenetics and presence of FLT3-internal tandem duplications and NPM1 mutations. Fifty-five patients (77%) were treated with curative intent, while 16 (23%) received the most appropriate supportive care. Twenty of 71 (28%) AML cases were considered RHAMM+. Receiver operating characteristic curves showed significant discriminatory power considering overall survival (OS) in AML patients treated curatively for RHAMM (p?=?0.015). Multivariable analysis revealed that expression of RHAMM in <5% of leukemic blasts identifies a subgroup of curatively treated cases with adverse OS independent of failures to achieve complete remission. RHAMM not only represents a promising LAA with specific T-cell responses in AML but, if assessed in situ on blasts, also a probable prognostic factor.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Diagnostische Hämatologie (Tichelli)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Diagnostische Hämatologie (Tichelli)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Hämatologie
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Hämatologie
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Pathologie USB > Histopathologie (Dirnhofer)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Pathologie USB > Histopathologie (Dirnhofer)
UniBasel Contributors:Tichelli, André and Dirnhofer, Stephan and Tzankov, Alexandar and Rovó, Alicia and Arber Barth, Caroline and Günthert, Ursula
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:0939-5555
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Deposited On:08 Jun 2012 06:41

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