Incidence of apoptosis and cell proliferation in multiple myeloma: correlation with bcl-2 protein expression and serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and soluble IL-6 receptor
dc.contributor.author | Chaidos, A. I. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Bai, M. C. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Kamina, S. A. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Kanavaros, P. E. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Agnantis, N. J. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Bourantas, K. L. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-24T19:11:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-24T19:11:01Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0902-4441 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/20891 | |
dc.rights | Default Licence | - |
dc.subject | Aged | en |
dc.subject | Aged, 80 and over | en |
dc.subject | *Apoptosis | en |
dc.subject | Cell Division | en |
dc.subject | Female | en |
dc.subject | Humans | en |
dc.subject | Immunohistochemistry | en |
dc.subject | Interleukin-6/*blood | en |
dc.subject | Male | en |
dc.subject | Middle Aged | en |
dc.subject | Multiple Myeloma/*metabolism/*pathology | en |
dc.subject | Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/*biosynthesis | en |
dc.subject | Receptors, Interleukin-6/*blood | en |
dc.title | Incidence of apoptosis and cell proliferation in multiple myeloma: correlation with bcl-2 protein expression and serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and soluble IL-6 receptor | en |
heal.abstract | We evaluated the in vivo incidence of apoptosis and cell proliferation in multiple myeloma (MM) and investigated the correlation of both cellular events with histological tumour stage and grade, bcl-2 protein expression, serum IL-6 and sIL-6R. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The TUNEL method was used to assess apoptosis and immunohistochemistry to assess the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and bcl-2 protein in 30 bone marrow biopsy specimens. The apoptotic index (AI) and proliferative index (PI) were defined as the percentage of TUNEL and PCNA positive plasma cells, respectively. RESULTS: The mean AI was 0.162% and the mean PI 27.44%. A positive correlation between AI and PI was found (r = 0.44, P = 0.017). PI was also correlated with tumour grade (P = 0.015). The mean bcl-2 protein expression was 70% and did not correlate with AI or PI, but was higher in specimens taken at first diagnosis than in specimens taken after response to treatment (P = 0.035). The mean serum IL-6 and sIL-6R values were 9.43 pg mL-1 and 47.27 ng mL-1, respectively. These parameters did not correlate with AI or PI. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that MM might be among the malignancies with very low incidence of apoptosis. Proliferative activity increased in parallel with tumour histological grade. A positive correlation between apoptosis and proliferation was observed, but the incidence of these two cellular events seems not to be related to the bcl-2 protein expression and the serum levels of IL-6 and sIL-6R. | en |
heal.access | campus | - |
heal.fullTextAvailability | TRUE | - |
heal.identifier.secondary | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12366711 | - |
heal.identifier.secondary | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1034/j.1600-0609.2002.01634.x/asset/j.1600-0609.2002.01634.x.pdf?v=1&t=h0evzlrs&s=3d2fa85b39e8655595aecdfe9229a2a886783e8b | - |
heal.journalName | Eur J Haematol | en |
heal.journalType | peer-reviewed | - |
heal.language | en | - |
heal.publicationDate | 2002 | - |
heal.recordProvider | Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής | el |
heal.type | journalArticle | - |
heal.type.el | Άρθρο Περιοδικού | el |
heal.type.en | Journal article | en |
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