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Characterization of bone marrow mast cells in acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21) (q22;q22); RUNX1-RUNX1T1.
Leukemia research - 1 Nov 2013
Pullarkat Sheeja T, Pullarkat Vinod, Lagoo Anand, Brynes Russell, Weiss Lawrence M, Bedell Victoria, Chen Wengang, Huang Qin, Gaal Karl, Weisenburger Dennis D, Kim Young S
Abstract excerpt
Mast cells are often increased in AML with t(8;21). We analyzed characteristics of mast cells to elucidate their relationship with leukemic blasts. In 31 cases in which the results of KIT mutation analysis were available, five cases showed mutations. None of the cases positive for KIT mutation showed increased mast cells. In five cases with increased mast cells in which targeted-FISH analysis was performed for...
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