title: [Nucleophosmin mutations in hematological malignancies - review].
abstract: Nucleophosmin (NPM) is a protein that shuttles between the nucleus, nucleoplasm and cytoplasm. NPM gene mutations and aberrant cytoplasmic NPM localization have been recently described in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) with normal karyotype and in a few myelodysplastic syndromes. Expression of NPM mutant reduces the ability of Arf to initiate a p53 response and to induce cell cycle arrest. Clinical research has revealed that NPM mutations are relative to prognosis and can be used to monitor and quantify minimal residual disease (MRD) in AML patients with normal karyotype, therefore, these findings indicate that nucleophosmin mutations might contribute to illustration of myeloid leukemogenesis. In this paper, the research progress of nucleophosmin mutations in haematological malignancies was reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Hematology, Faculty of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400016, China.
authors.forename: Zhan-Peng
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002466:Cell Nucleolus / Q000378:metabolism; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D000090243:Nucleophosmin; D051941:fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C000716967:NPM1 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D000090243:Nucleophosmin; C497970:FLT3 protein, human; D051941:fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3