title: Influence of small doses cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C) on leukemic cells in vitro and in vivo. Results in patients with leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome.
abstract: The authors reviewed the literature concerned with the action of low dose Ara-C on MDS and some forms of AL and demonstrated their own results in vitro and in vivo. In vitro bone marrow blast cells short-term liquid culture were performed with and without addition of low dose Ara-C. After 5 days culture morphological and also cytochemical changes could be observed often inconsistent with the original cellular type. In vivo 8 patients suffering from AL or MDS were treated with low dose Ara-C and among them marked improvement in 3 cases only was observed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001752:Blast Crisis / Q000188:drug therapy; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine