Trial reportActa haematologica2016
Telomere Length Recovery: A Strong Predictor of Overall Survival in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia.
Trial report in Acta haematologica, 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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5 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Telomere shortening in donor cell-derived acute promyelocytic leukemia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a case report.Annals of hematology · 2025Article
- Genetic Variants of the TERT Gene and Telomere Length in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- TERT rs2853669 as a predictor for overall survival in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2022Article
- Biological and clinical implications of telomere dysfunction in myeloid malignancies.Therapeutic advances in hematology · 2017Review
- Telomere Length and Hematological Disorders: A Review.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Review
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19 authors at 13 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Telomeres are the capping ends of chromosomes that protect the loss of genetic material and prevent chromosomal instability. In human tissue-specific stem/progenitor cells, telomere length (TL) is maintained by the telomerase complex, which consists of a reverse transcriptase catalytic subunit (TERT) and an RNA template (TERC). Very short telomeres and loss-of-function mutations in the TERT and TERC genes have been reported in acute myeloid leukemia, but the role of telomeres in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) has not been well established. We report the results for a large cohort of 187 PML/RARα-positive APL patients. No germline mutations in the TERT or TERC genes were identified. Codon 279 and 1062 TERT polymorphisms were present at a frequency similar to that in the general population. TL measured in blood or marrow mononuclear cells at diagnosis was significantly shorter in the APL patients than in healthy volunteers, and shorter telomeres at diagnosis were significantly associated with high-risk disease. For patients who achieved complete remission, the median increase in TL from diagnosis to remission (delta TL) was 2.0 kilobase (kb), and we found delta TL to be the most powerful predictor of overall survival when compared with well-established risk factors for poor outcomes in APL.
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