title: [Expression of Ki-67 and Bcl-2 in adults and children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and its clinical significance].
abstract: To evaluate the expressions of proliferative antigen Ki-67 and apoptosis-antagonizing protein Bcl-2 as well as their clinical significance, immunohistochemistry staining with SAP was used to detect Ki-67 antigen and Bcl-2 protein in 18 cases of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and 43 cases of adults with ALL. The results showed that the levels of Ki-67 and Bcl-2 expression in children with ALL were lower than that in adults, but only Bcl-2 expression had significant difference. Both in children and in adults, the levels of Ki-67 expression in T-ALL and My(+) ALL were higher than that in B-ALL and null-ALL. The highest complete remission rate (CR) was seen in the group with lower expression of both indexes (Ki-67 and Bcl-2). The lowest CR rate was seen in the group with higher expression of both indexes. It is concluded that the levels of Ki-67 and Bcl-2 expression in children and adults with ALL were closely related with the subtype of ALL and chemotherapeutic effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China. xuwei10000@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jian-Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-Jie
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Rui-Lan
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Feng-Xiang
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D019394:Ki-67 Antigen; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2