PMID- 30588470 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220330 IS - 2287-979X (Print) IS - 2288-0011 (Electronic) IS - 2287-979X (Linking) VI - 53 IP - 4 DP - 2018 Dec TI - Altered expression of MALAT1 lncRNA in chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients, correlation with cytogenetic findings. PG - 320-324 LID - 10.5045/br.2018.53.4.320 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Recent studies have devoted much attention to non-protein-coding transcripts in relation to a wide range of malignancies. MALAT1, a long non-coding RNA, has been reported to be associated with cancer progression and prognosis. Thus, we here determined MALAT1 gene expression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a genetically heterogeneous disease, and explored its possible relationships with cytogenetic abnormalities. METHODS: MALAT1 expression level was evaluated using real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) on blood mononuclear cells from 30 non-treated CLL patients and 30 matched healthy controls. Cytogenetic abnormalities were determined in patients by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). RESULTS: MALAT1 expression level was up-regulated in the CLL group compared to healthy controls (P=0.008). Del13q14, followed by Del11q22, were the most prevalent cytogenetic abnormalities. We found no association between the FISH results and MALAT1 expression in patients. CONCLUSION: Altered expression of MALAT1 is associated with CLL development. Further investigations are required to assess the relationship between this long non-coding RNA and CLL patient survival and prognosis. FAU - Ahmadi, Abdolrahim AU - Ahmadi A AD - Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Kaviani, Saeid AU - Kaviani S AD - Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Yaghmaie, Marjan AU - Yaghmaie M AD - Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Tehran, Iran. AD - Cell Therapy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Tehran, Iran. AD - Hematologic Malignancies Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Pashaiefar, Hossein AU - Pashaiefar H AD - Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Tehran, Iran. AD - Cell Therapy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Tehran, Iran. AD - Hematologic Malignancies Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Ahmadvand, Mohammad AU - Ahmadvand M AD - Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Tehran, Iran. AD - Cell Therapy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Tehran, Iran. AD - Hematologic Malignancies Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Jalili, Mahdi AU - Jalili M AD - Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Tehran, Iran. AD - Cell Therapy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Tehran, Iran. AD - Hematologic Malignancies Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Alimoghaddam, Kamran AU - Alimoghaddam K AD - Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Tehran, Iran. AD - Cell Therapy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Tehran, Iran. AD - Hematologic Malignancies Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Eslamijouybari, Mohammad AU - Eslamijouybari M AD - Comprehensive Cancer Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari, Iran. FAU - Ghavamzadeh, Ardeshir AU - Ghavamzadeh A AD - Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Tehran, Iran. AD - Cell Therapy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Tehran, Iran. AD - Hematologic Malignancies Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181217 PL - Switzerland TA - Blood Res JT - Blood research JID - 101605247 PMC - PMC6300670 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chronic lymphocytic leukemia OT - FISH OT - MALAT1 OT - qRT-PCR COIS- Authors' Disclosures of Potential Conflicts of Interest: No potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported. EDAT- 2018/12/28 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/28 06:01 PMCR- 2018/12/01 CRDT- 2018/12/28 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/08/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/09/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/12/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/12/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/28 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.5045/br.2018.53.4.320 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Blood Res. 2018 Dec;53(4):320-324. doi: 10.5045/br.2018.53.4.320. Epub 2018 Dec 17.