Monitoring M-BCR-ABL expression level in CML patients by RQ-PCR: experience of a single Center

Vol. 54 No. 1, 2013

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

Annamaria Szanto, Zsuzsanna Pap, I. Benedek, Erzsebet Benedek-Lazar, Judit Beata Kopeczi, Aliz-Beata Tunyogi, Kinga Vasile, Emoke Horvath, Z. Pavai

Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is characterized by the Philadelphia chromosome and the BCR-ABL fusion gene that encodes an abnormal tyrosine kinase. Development of specific tyrosine kinase inhibitors completely changed the management of these patients. Materials and Methods: Between April 2008 and July 2012, at the Molecular Biology Laboratory, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Targu Mures, Romania, we monitored the M-BCR-ABL transcript level by real time quantitative PCR in case of 15 CML patients diagnosed at the Hematology and Transplant Center of Targu Mures. Results: Modification of M-BCR-ABL expression level shows statistically significant correlation (p=0.013) with the clinical course of these patients. Conclusions: Molecular biology techniques have an important role in monitoring CML patients and regular analysis is recommended.

Corresponding author: Emoke Horvath, Lecturer, MD, PhD; e-mail: horvath_emoke@yahoo.com

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