BIRC5 (Survivin) Splice Variant Expression Correlates With Refractory Disease and Poor Outcome in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group

摘要

BackgroundThe inhibitor-of-apoptosis protein survivin, encoded by BIRC5, regulates apoptosis, cell division and proliferation. Several survivin splice variants have been described however, the prognostic significance of their expression has not been well defined in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML).