title: [Identification of the isoform in type II receptor of transforming growth factor-beta in patients with acute leukemia and its clinical significance].
abstract: Recent research indicates that TGF-beta and type II receptor (TbetaR-II) play an important role in the pathogenesis of tumor. A high frequency of abnormalities in TbetaR-II has been demonstrated in various cancers. To identify the mutation of TbetaR-II in patients with acute leukemia, the bone marrow samples from 6 patients with acute leukemia and 11 normal individuals as control were detected by long-range RT-PCR. To detect a deletion in sequence of the TbetaR-IIgene, the PCR products were cloned to T vector and then sequenced. The results showed that there was existance of the isoform of TbetaR-II in 2 cases out of 6 patients with acute leukemia. These two patients had more poor prognosis than others. In conclusion, there was the isoform of TbetaR-II in partial patients with acute leukemia, and the isoform may be related with prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Affiliated Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yuan-Zhong
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Hui-Fang
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Nai-Nong
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000378:metabolism; D011379:Prognosis; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020033:Protein Isoforms; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II