Sviluppo pre-clinico e clinico di inibitori della cellula staminale leucemica nelle leucemie acute

Papayannidis, Cristina (2013) Sviluppo pre-clinico e clinico di inibitori della cellula staminale leucemica nelle leucemie acute , [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Scienze biomediche: progetto n. 2 "Ematologia clinica e sperimentale ed ematopatologia", 25 Ciclo. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/5596.
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Abstract

In Leukemias, recent developments have demonstrated that the Hedgehog pathway plays a key-role in the peculiar ability of self renewal of leukemia stem cells. The aim of this research activity was to investigate, through a first in man, Phase I, open label, clinical trial, the role and the impact, mainly in terms of safety profile, adverse events and pharmacokinetics, of a Sonic Hedgehog inhibitor compound on a population of heavely pretreated patients affected by AML, CML, MF, or MDS, resistant or refractory to standard chemotherapy. Thirty-five patients have been enrolled. The drug was administered orally, in 28 days cycles, without rest periods. The compound showed a good safety profile. The half life was of 17-35 hours, justifying the daily administration. Significant signs of activity, in terms of reduction of bone marrow blast cell amount were seen in most of the patients enrolled. Interestingly, correlative biological studies demonstrated that, comparing the gene expression profyiling signature of separated CD34+ cells before and after one cycle of treatment, the most variably expressed genes were involved in the Hh pathway. Moreover, we observed that many genes involved in MDR (multidrug resistance)were significantly down regulated after treatment. These data might lead to future clinical trials based on combinatory approaches, including, for instance, Hh inhibitors and conventional chemotherapy.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Papayannidis, Cristina
Supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Scuola di dottorato
Scienze mediche e chirurgiche cliniche
Ciclo
25
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Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
Leukemia Stem Cell, Hedgehog, Leukemia, Self-renewal
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DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/5596
Data di discussione
6 Giugno 2013
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