MiR-3151 interplays with its host gene BAALC and independently impacts on outcome of patients with cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia - expression microarray data

ABSTRACT: Recently, deep sequencing of melanoma and pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia samples identified a new microRNA - miR-3151 - embedded in intron 1 of the BAALC gene. MiR genes are located throughout the genome, but about one-third of mammalian miRs reside within introns of host genes. Some of these intronic miRs have been found to act in functional synergism with their host genes. These findings led us to hypothesize that miR-3151 could be overexpressed in patients with elevated BAALC levels and thus might contribute to the adverse prognostic impact of its host gene, either acting in concert with BAALC or perhaps even being the element predominantly responsible for the adverse outcome observed in BAALC overexpressing AML patients.Thus, we have measured miR-3151 and BAALC expression in a

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Guido Marcucci 

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-1075 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress