Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för biomedicin by Subject "acute myeloid leukemia"
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Immunotherapy and immunosuppression in myeloid leukemia
(2018-11-12)Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) are potentially life-threatening blood cancers characterized by the expansion of malignant myeloid cells in bone marrow and other organs. This thesis ... -
Next Generation Sequencing for Measurable Residual Disease Detection in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
(2019-10-30)Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common form of acute leukemia and generally associated with a poor prognosis. For both children and adults, the treatment is based on chemotherapy. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem ... -
NK cell recognition of malignant cells - a CRISPR approach to define novel mediators
(2024-03-14)Natural killer (NK) cells are cytotoxic lymphocytes of the innate immune system, capable of eliminating malignant cells. Their activity is intricately regulated through a balanced interplay between activating and inhibitory ... -
Redox reactions in cancer: impact and regulation
(2018-09-28)The reduction-oxidation (redox) reaction involves a change in the oxidation state of molecules where a molecule that donates an electron is oxidized and a molecule that accepts an electron is reduced. The NADPH oxidase of ... -
Targeting residual malignant cells in myeloid leukemia
(2023-05-12)Malignant cells persisting during treatment prevent cure in many patients with myeloid leukemia. In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the failure to eradicate the leukemic clone during conventional chemotherapy is associated ...