• Differentiation status of primary chronic myeloid leukemia cells affects sensitivity to BCR-ABL1 inhibitors 

      Pietarinen, Paavo O; Eide, Christopher A; Ayuda-Duran, Maria del Pilar; Potdar, Swapnil; Kuusanmäki, Heikki; Andersson, Emma I; Mpindi, John P; Pemovska, Tea; Kontro, Mika; Heckman, Caroline A.; Kallioniemi, Olli; Wennerberg, Krister; Hjorth-Hansen, Henrik; Druker, Brian J; Enserink, Jorrit; Tyner, Jeffrey W.; Mustjoki, Satu; Porkka, Kimmo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) are the mainstay treatment of BCR-ABL1-positive leukemia and virtually all patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase (CP CML) respond to TKI therapy. However, there is limited ...
    • Identification of metastasis-associated microRNAs in serum from rectal cancer patients 

      Mjelle, Robin; Sellæg, Kjersti; Sætrom, Pål; Thommesen, Liv; Sjursen, Wenche; Hofsli, Eva (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are promising prognostic and diagnostic biomarkers due to their high stability in blood. Here we investigate the expression of miRNAs and other noncoding (nc) RNAs in serum of rectal cancer patients. ...
    • Proteome alterations associated with transformation of multiple myeloma to secondary plasma cell leukemia 

      Zatula, Alexey; Dikic, Aida; Mulder, Teska Celine; Sharma, Animesh; Vågbø, Cathrine Broberg; Sousa, Mirta; Waage, Anders; Slupphaug, Geir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Plasma cell leukemia is a rare and aggressive plasma cell neoplasm that may either originate de novo (primary PCL) or by leukemic transformation of multiple myeloma (MM) to secondary PCL (sPCL). The prognosis of sPCL is ...