title: Usefulness of quantitative assessment of Wilms tumor suppressor gene expression in chronic myeloid leukemia patients undergoing imatinib therapy.
abstract: The Wilms tumor suppressor gene (WT1) is overexpressed in a number of human hematological malignancies, including chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Although at present, the biological significance of WT1 expression in CML in still unclear, this marker could represent a useful tool for molecular monitoring of CML patients prior to and post imatinib therapy. In fact, the use of real-time polymerase chaine reaction (PCR) to quantitatively measure the WT1 transcript amount may be a predictor of patient response to imatinib therapy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences of the University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cilloni
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saglio
mesh_terms: D001549:Benzamides; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D000068877:Imatinib Mesylate; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010879:Piperazines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011379:Prognosis; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D025721:WT1 Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001549:Benzamides; D015415:Biomarkers; D010879:Piperazines; D011743:Pyrimidines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D025721:WT1 Proteins; D000068877:Imatinib Mesylate