Abstract:
Objective:To Evaluate the relationship between the expression of multidrug resistance protein or bcl-2 protein and prognosis in newly diagnosed AL patients.
Methods: Immunochemistry and FCM methods were used to examine the expression of multidrug resistance protein and bcl-2 protein in 29 newly diagnosed acute leukemia (AL) patients.
Results: The positive rate of multidrug resistance protein and bcl-2 protein expression in newly diagnosed AL was 37.9% and 83% respectively. The difference of the first complete remission rate in bcl-2 negative and in bcl-2 positive patients was not significant (
P>0.05),but the difference of the first complete remission rate in multidrug resistance protein negative and in multidrug resistance protein positive patients was significant (
P<0.05).There was no relationship between bcl-2 and multidrug resistance protein.
Conclusions: Multidrug resistance protein is a good indicator to forecast prognosis in newly diagnosis leukemia patients.