title: Expression and inducibility of cytoprotective heat shock proteins in the bone marrow of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome: correlation with disease progression.
abstract: We determined the intracellular expression and inducibility of heat shock proteins (Hsps) 72, 73 and 27 in the bone marrow of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and controls. Hsps were overexpressed in MDS marrow especially in advanced disease, providing resistance to induction of apoptosis. These data suggest that Hsps could be implicated in the progression of MDS to acute myeloid leukemia.
authors.forename: Sotiria
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Michalopoulou
authors.forename: Ilina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Micheva
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karakantza
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kouraklis-Symeonidis
authors.forename: Athanasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mouzaki
authors.forename: Nicholas C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Zoumbos
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000502:physiology*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins