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The indicative effect of Notch1 expression for the prognosis of T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia: a systematic review

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To explore the relationship of Notch1 mutation in T-ALL with the survival rate of T-ALL patients. The PubMed database, the Cochrane Library, conference proceedings, EMBASE databases, and references of published trials and review articles were searched. Two reviewers independently assessed the quality of the trials and extracted data. Hazard ratios (HRs) for event-free survival (EFS) were pooled by STATA package. Seven trials involving 964 patients with T-ALL were ultimately analyzed. Seven hundred and eleven patients were children (age <18 years), 253 patients were adults (age ≥18 years). The pooled HR showed that Notch1 mutated group could not prolong EFS than Notch1 WT group both in children and adult patients. Although constitutively activated forms of the NOTCH1 receptor are potent inducers of T-ALL, our results suggest that Notch1 mutation could not become an indicator for EFS in T-ALL.

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Ma, J., Wu, M. The indicative effect of Notch1 expression for the prognosis of T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia: a systematic review. Mol Biol Rep 39, 6095–6100 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-011-1424-8

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