title: [A method for predicting the course of chronic myeloleukemia].
abstract: The effects of a synthetic prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) analog on colony-forming activity in agar cultures of peripheral blood and bone marrow was studied in 28 patients with chronic myeloid leukemia and 9 hematologically healthy subjects. Addition of PGE1 to normal bone marrow culture was followed by a significant drop in the number of colonies per dish in 8 out of the 9 subjects. In leukemic patients, the effect was bizarre. It proved to be in correlation with survival thus suggesting that the effect of PGE1 on colony-forming activity of granulocyte-macrophage precursors be used in predicting survival in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia.
authors: I T
authors: IT
authors: Medne
authors: V I
authors: VI
authors: Petukhov
authors: D K
authors: DK
authors: Bondare
authors: I Ia
authors: IIa
authors: Teĭlane
authors: Ia F
authors: IaF
authors: Freĭmanis
mesh_terms: D000527:Alprostadil / Q000494:pharmacology; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay
chemical_list: D000527:Alprostadil
vernacular_title: Sposob prognozirovaniia techeniia khronicheskogo mieloleĭkoza.