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The role of somatic mutations in the pathogenesis of myelodysplastic syndrome
Minařík, Ľubomír ; Stopka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Žák, Pavel (referee) ; Beličková, Monika (referee)
9 Abstract: Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a set of severe hematological diseases characterized by ineffective clonal hematopoiesis in the bone marrow, leading to cytopenia in the peripheral blood, the development of transfusion dependence and a high risk of progression to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The disease is caused by genetic and epigenetic changes leading to the development of pathological stem cells that are unable to mature sufficiently in the bone marrow into blood elements. These changes vary widely between patients, which is reflected in different clinical manifestations, response to treatment, overall survival and, last but not least, this heterogeneity represents a challenge for the study of this disease. The present dissertation is aimed at studying the pathophysiological manifestations and consequences of selected genetic alterations, especially somatic mutations of key genes and other functional units of the genome, in relation to the clinical course of MDS and transformation to AML. Therapy of high-risk MDS is currently based on hypomethylating drugs including 5- azacytidine (AZA). Treatment leads to prolongation of disease progression to AML, but this fate is irreversible for the vast majority of patients whose prognosis becomes hopeless at this point. Results of genetic analysis...
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The Role of Cellular Metabolism in Carcinogenesis. Molecular Pathophysiology of Bladder Cancer Chemoresistance
Kripnerová, Michaela ; Kuncová, Jitka (advisor) ; Nevoral, Jan (referee) ; Chovanec, Miroslav (referee)
Therapeutic resistance of tumours represents an important clinical issue. We can classify the therapeutic tumour resistance in two ways. According to the clinical course, tumours can behave either as primary resistant, i.e. from the very beginning not responsive, or they can display a secondary (also called acquired) resistance, whereby an initial clinical response is lost and the tumour develops into chemo-, radio- or immunoresistant disease. An alternative classification distinguishes cell autonomous resistance mechanisms from resistance that relies on complex interactions within the context of tumour microenvironment. From the research perspective, modelling therapeutic resistance frequently involves experimental treatment of sensitive cancer cells and selection of daughter resistant cell lines. The Ph.D. thesis includes derivation of two unique models of urothelial bladder carcinoma therapeutic resistance. The first model involves newly established urothelial carcinoma cell lines BC44 and BC44DoxoR, which resulted from a prolonged doxorubicin exposure of the mother cell line. The daughter chemoresistant cell line exhibits multidrug resistant phenotype, which extends beyond the selecting drug - doxorubicin - to four additional chemotherapeutic drugs (cisplatin, methotrexate, vinblastine, and...
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The Role of Cellular Metabolism in Carcinogenesis. Molecular Pathophysiology of Bladder Cancer Chemoresistance
Kripnerová, Michaela ; Kuncová, Jitka (advisor) ; Nevoral, Jan (referee) ; Chovanec, Miroslav (referee)
Therapeutic resistance of tumours represents an important clinical issue. We can classify the therapeutic tumour resistance in two ways. According to the clinical course, tumours can behave either as primary resistant, i.e. from the very beginning not responsive, or they can display a secondary (also called acquired) resistance, whereby an initial clinical response is lost and the tumour develops into chemo-, radio- or immunoresistant disease. An alternative classification distinguishes cell autonomous resistance mechanisms from resistance that relies on complex interactions within the context of tumour microenvironment. From the research perspective, modelling therapeutic resistance frequently involves experimental treatment of sensitive cancer cells and selection of daughter resistant cell lines. The Ph.D. thesis includes derivation of two unique models of urothelial bladder carcinoma therapeutic resistance. The first model involves newly established urothelial carcinoma cell lines BC44 and BC44DoxoR, which resulted from a prolonged doxorubicin exposure of the mother cell line. The daughter chemoresistant cell line exhibits multidrug resistant phenotype, which extends beyond the selecting drug - doxorubicin - to four additional chemotherapeutic drugs (cisplatin, methotrexate, vinblastine, and...
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