Studies of the proliferation and differentiation of immature myeloid cells in vitro. I. Chronic myelogenous leukemia.
Immature cells prepared from chronic myelogenous leukemic patients in the chronic or blastic phase of their disease were placed into suspension culture in vitro and studied over a 2-week period. Regardless of the status of the disease, the immature cells proliferated and maintained good viability. In contrast, evolution of the disease toward blastic crisis was associated with a progressive loss in the ability of the immature cells to differentiate. Cell proliferation and differentiation were independent of added growth factors.
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Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Department of Hematologic Oncology, Buffalo, NY 14263.
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D001752:Blast Crisis; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000473:pathology*
D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D006133:Growth Substances; D007375:Interleukin-1; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor