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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
Authors: Loukopoulos, Dimitris
Reviewer: Konstantopoulos, Konstantinos
Subject: MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > CLINICAL MEDICINE
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > PATHOLOGY
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > PUBLIC HEALTH > PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
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Abstract:
Chronic myelogenous leukemia denotes the abnormal and uncontrolled proliferation of the myeloid precursors, in most cases with a varying degree of inhibition of their differentiation. The myeloid hyperplasia causes symptoms of hypermetabolism, which “consume” the patient, and usually progresses in three distinct phases : a chronic, an accelerated and the blastic transformation. Main findings are the splenic enlargement and the high number of white cells. Main diagnostic finding is the identification of the chromosome “Philadelphia” (Ph)_a hybrid chromosome formed by the translocation of a segment of chromosome 9 (carrying the oncogene ABL1) in various parts of the BCR sequences (chromosome 22), which results in the formation of a shorter chromosome 22 carrying a novel gene coding for the hybrid protein BCR-ABL1. This protein functions as a tyrosine kinase with super-increased activity and is considered as the pathogenetic mechanism of CML. The large scale use of the respective inhibitors has been a breakthrough in modern therapeutics and has greatly improved the prognosis of CML.
Linguistic Editors: Klada, Nektaria
Graphic Editors: Papakosmas, Ioannis
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 2015
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/3095
Bibliographic Reference: Loukopoulos, D. (2015). Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) [Chapter]. In Loukopoulos, D., & Politi, M. 2015. Hematology lessons [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/3095
Language: Greek
Is Part of: Hematology lessons
Number of pages 9
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions