@conference{
author = "Đorđe, Pavlović and Tošić, Nataša and Zukić, Branka and Pravić, Zlatko and Suvajdžić Vuković, Nada and Pavlović, Sonja and Gašić, Vladimir",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Introduction: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous malignant disease, that accounts for
80% of all acute leukemias in adults. Imprecise risk stratification and lack of personalized treatment creates a constant need to find new prognostic markers and targets for innovative therapeutics. Recently,
thissearch has pointed towards non-coding RNAs(ncRNA). Numerousstudies have shown dysregulation
of lncRNA GAS5 in cancers, but it was poorly investigated in AML. Since GAS5 actslike a molecularsponge
for miR-222, co-expression profiles of these non-coding RNAs could be novel prognostic markersin AML.
Methods: GAS5 expression levels were analysed in 94 AML patients and 14 healthy controls using RealTime PCR and miR-222 expression levels were analysed in a subgroup of 39 patients with normal karyotype (AML-NK). ROC curve analyses were used to find a cut-off value between GAS5high and GAS5low,
while the median value was used for distinguishing between miR-222high and miR-222low.
Results: We showed that GAS5 expression in AML patients was lower compared to healthy controls.
Lower GAS5 expression on diagnosis was related to an adverse prognosis. The disease-free survival and
the overallsurvival were lower in the GAS5low group butsurvival analysisfailed to confirm thisfinding. In
the AML-NK group patients had higher expression of miR-222 compared to healthy controls. A synergistic
effect of GAS5low/miR-222high status on disease prognosis was not established.
Conclusion:Our findingsindicate the potential prognostic significance of GAS5 expression and the need
for further investigation of these two non-coding RNAs and their potential roles in leukemogenesis.",
publisher = "Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering (IMGGE), University of Belgrade",
journal = "CoMBoS2 – the Second Congress of Molecular Biologists of Serbia, Abstract Book – Trends in Molecular Biology, Special issue 06-08 October 2023, Belgrade, Serbia",
title = "Expression profiles of long non-coding RNA gas5 and microrna-222 in younger AML patients",
pages = "72-72",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_imagine_2127"
}