title: Minimal residual disease based on patient specific Flt3-ITD and -ITT mutations in acute myeloid leukemia.
abstract: We present our first experiences with determination of minimal residual disease (MRD) based on patient specific Flt3-ITD (internal tandem duplication) mutations. We analysed MRD status of 11 AML patients in a retrospective investigation and its potential impact on the follow up of these patients. In five out of six patients with a positive Flt3-ITD based MRD status a relapse of AML was observed in the follow up while one patient lacks a clinical relapse so far. In contrast, four out of five patients with a negative MRD status remain free of disease. One of these patients relapsed with a switch of FAB subtype including loss of Flt3-ITD mutation. Furthermore, in one patient we could identify a Flt3-ITT (internal tandem triplication mutation).
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine II Oncology and Hematology, Friedrich Schiller University, Erlanger Allee 101, 07740 Jena, Germany. sebastian.scholl@med.uni-jena.de
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scholl
authors.forename: Ivan F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Loncarevic
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: Christa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kunert
authors.forename: Joachim H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Clement
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Höffken
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D020440:Gene Duplication; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000235:genetics*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D051941:fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3
chemical_list: D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C497970:FLT3 protein, human; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051941:fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3