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ArticleCancer medicine2016

Prognostic significance of signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 and 5b expression in Epstein-Barr virus-positive patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Panagiotis T Diamantopoulos, Maria Sofotasiou, Zafiroula Georgoussi, Nefeli Giannakopoulou, Vasiliki Papadopoulou, Athanasios Galanopoulos, Elina Kontandreopoulou, Panagiotis Zervakis, Paschalina Pallaki, Fani Kalala and 6 more

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Article in Cancer medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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16 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Panagiotis T DiamantopoulosFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece. pandiamantopoulos@gmail.com.
Maria SofotasiouFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Zafiroula GeorgoussiLaboratory of Cellular Signaling and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Biosciences and Applications, National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Athens, Greece.
Nefeli GiannakopoulouFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Vasiliki PapadopoulouFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Athanasios GalanopoulosDepartment of Clinical Hematology, G. Gennimatas District General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Elina KontandreopoulouFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Panagiotis ZervakisFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Paschalina PallakiLaboratory of Cellular Signaling and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Biosciences and Applications, National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Athens, Greece.
Fani KalalaFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Marie-Christine KyrtsonisFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Aglaia DimitrakopoulouDepartment of Immunology and Histocompatibility, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Theodoros VassilakopoulosFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Maria AngelopoulouFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos SpanakisFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Nora-Athina ViniouFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRNational Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" · GRGeneral Hospital of Athens G. Genimatas · GRHippocration General Hospital · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) proteins have been intensively studied in hematologic malignancies, and the efficacy of agents against STATs in lymphomas is already under research. We investigated the expression of total STAT5 and STAT5b in peripheral blood samples of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in correlation with the presence of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and its major oncoprotein (latent membrane protein 1, LMP1). The EBV load was measured in the peripheral blood by real-time PCR for the BXLF1 gene and the levels of LMP1 by PCR and ELISA. Western blotting was performed for total STAT5 and STAT5b in protein extracts. STAT5b was only expressed in patients (not in healthy subjects) and STAT5 but particularly STAT5b expression was correlated with the presence of the virus (77.3% vs. 51.2%, P = 0.006 for STAT5b) and to the expression of LMP1 (58.3% vs. 21.6%, P = 0.011 for STAT5b). Moreover, the expression of STAT5b and the presence of EBV and LMP1 were strongly negatively correlated with the overall survival of the patients (log-rank test P = 0.011, 0.015, 0.006, respectively). Double positive (for EBV and STAT5b) patients had the lowest overall survival (log-rank test P = 0.013). This is the first report of a survival disadvantage of EBV+ patients with CLL, and the first time that STAT5b expression is correlated with survival. The correlation of STAT5 expression with the presence of the virus, along with our survival correlations defines a subgroup of patients with CLL that may benefit from anti-STAT agents.

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Gene Expression Regulation, LeukemicAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesEpstein-Barr Virus InfectionsFemaleHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellMaleMiddle AgedSTAT5 Transcription FactorViral Matrix ProteinsBiomarkersEBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virusSTAT5B protein, humanSTAT5 Transcription FactorViral Matrix ProteinsChronic lymphocytic leukemiaEpstein-Barr viruslatent membrane protein 1signal transducer and activator of transcription 5

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