Other highlights in the August 3 JNCI
... circumference, whereas risks of multiple myeloma, lymphocytic leukemia, hairy cell leukemia, Hodgkin lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma were not associated with body size or composition. Contact: Zoe Furman, Cancer Council Victoria, 61-3-9635-5517, zoe.furman@cancervic.org.au Study Identifies Potential Colon...Researchers identify genes associated with lung transplant rejection
...o (UCSF) have identified six genes associated with lymphocytic bronchitis, which is thought to lead to obliterati...ent. They identified six genes that correlate with lymphocytic bronchitis, potentially opening the way to a genetic test that would identify OB before it manifests...JCI table of contents, July 1, 2005
...-jci.org/article.php?id=24543 IMMUNOLOGY Chronic lymphocytic leukemia tampers with T cells The development of ... cells from patients with untreated B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) to those of the T cells of age-matched, healthy individuals. In B-CLL patients, the...JCI table of contents June 1, 2005
...GY Leukemia prognosis predicted with HS1 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is an adult malignancy that occurs ... signaling, is differentially expressed in chronic lymphocytic leukemia subsets AUTHOR CONTACT: Federico Caligaris-Cappio Universit Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Mila...JCI table of contents June 1, 2005
...ormal B cells become leukemic cells B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a disease in which outcome can b...e CLL cells. TITLE: Unmutated and mutated chronic lymphocytic leukemia derive from self-reactive B cell precursors despite expressing different antibody reactivit...JCI table of contents April 1, 2005
...e that encodes the intracellular protein signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM)associated protein (SAP). The mechanisms by which mutations in SAP cause the clinical manifestations of the disease the low levels of plasma proteins needed for immune responses, lymphoma, and often-fatal mononucleosis infe...Recent breakthroughs in common adult leukemia highlighted in New England Journal of Medicine
...d three of the world's foremost experts on chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) to write an authoritative update co...s about the development and progression of chronic lymphocytic leukemia require revision. With new molecular and protein markers now identified, patients with feat...The very unexpected life and death of a leukemic cell
B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is an incurable disease in which cells in the bone marrow grow and survive to the point where they become abnormal and malignant (leukemic). The progression of the disease is slow and there has been a lack of information regarding th...Scientists disprove two tenets of common leukemia
...the relatively slow disease progression of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), doctors thought it was caused by a gradual accumulation of leukemia cells that could not die. The new findings, published online today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation , prove the exact opposite. The study will appear in the ...JCI Table of Contents, March 1, 2005
...life and death of a leukemic cell B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is an incurable disease in which ce... document the dynamic cellular kinetics of chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells AUTHOR CONTACT:Chiorazzi, Nicholas Institute for Medical ...... resist death, leading to leukemia TITLE: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells contain anomalous Lyn tyrosine kinase, a putative contribution to defective apoptosis. AUTHOR CONTACT: Livio Trentin Universit di Padova, Padova, Italy. Phone: 011-39-049-821-2298; Fax: 011-39-049-875-4179; E-mail: livio.trentin@un...B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) is the most common leukemia in adults and is characterized by the progressive accumulation of mature B lymphocytes in the blood, bone marrow, and lymphatic tissues. It is believed that in the early stages of disease, B-CLL is the res...