Classification, diagnosis and prognosis of acute myeloid leukemia by gene expression profiling

摘要

The present invention relates to methods of genetic analysis for the classification, diagnosis and prognosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The invention provides a method for producing a classification scheme for AML comprising the steps of a) providing a plurality of reference samples, the reference samples comprising cell samples from a plurality of reference subjects affected by AML; b) providing reference profiles by establishing a gene expression profile for each of the reference samples individually; c) clustering the individual reference profiles according to similarity; and d) assigning an AML class to each cluster. The invention further relates to a method for classifying the AML of an AML-affected subject, to a method for diagnosing AML in a subject, and to a method of determining the prognosis for an AML-affected subject.