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Serum stem cell factor concentration in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes
Author(s) -
Bowen David,
Yancik Sue,
Bennett Larry,
Culligan Dominic,
Reasser Kenneth
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1993.tb08646.x
Subject(s) - myelodysplastic syndromes , stem cell factor , bone marrow , medicine , chronic myelomonocytic leukemia , myeloid , gastroenterology , stem cell , progenitor cell , refractory (planetary science) , immunology , biology , genetics , astrobiology
Summary. Stem cell factor (SCF) is characterized by its capacity to synergize dramatically with other haemopoietic growth factors in in vitro erythroid, myeloid, and lymphoid progenitor culture systems. We have measured serum SCF concentrations by enzyme immunoassay in 85 patients with myelodysplasia (MDS). Serum samples were taken in 1988–89 and in 1991–92 and stored at ‐20°C. Mean serum SCF concentration in the MDS patients was 2.81 ng/ml (range 0.6–8.0). This was significantly lower (P=0.0001) than the values for 234 normal subjects: mean 3.30 ng/ml (range 1.3–8. 0). No significant relationship between SCF concentration and peripheral blood counts, bone marrow parameters, red cell transfusion status, survival or FAB subtype was found, although a trend of decreasing SCF concentration from refractory anaemia through sideroblastic anaemia and chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia to refractory anaemia with excess blasts was seen. The reduced SCF serum concentration in some patients with myelodysplasia suggests a rationale for therapy with recombinant SCF in these patients.