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. 2005 Feb 1;105(11):4163–4169. doi: 10.1182/blood-2004-10-4135

Table 1.

Viability of leukemia and normal specimens in response to parthenolide

5 μM parthenolide
7.5 μM parthenolide
CD34+
Total
CD34+
Total
Specimens FAB subtype Cytogenetics Average % viable* SD Average % viable* SD Average % viable* SD Average % viable* SD
AML specimens
   AML1 M2 Probable 11q23 3.5 1.6 26.2 10.2 4.6 1.3 34.0 8.2
   AML2 M4 Trisomy 8 and 13 6.0 3.3 18.2 3.4 10.6 6.4 22.2 9.6
   AML3 M4 (AML2 relapse) Trisomy 8 and 13 24.2 3.9 44.9 3.6 18.2 2.0 32.5 4.2
   AML4 M4 Normal 4.9 1.0 30.9 1.6 4.3 0.3 24.9 1.5
   AML5 M4 (AML4 relapse) Normal 1.5 0.2 7.2 1.7 2.6 2.6 6.6 3.3
   AML6 MDS Monosomy 7, 11q23 abnormalities 10.5 1.5 18.7 2.3 8.5 2.2 14.7 1.9
   AML7 M1 Normal 5.3 1.8 9.9 2.0 3.1 0.2 1.6 1.0
   AML8 M2 Normal 7.5 0.8 13.2 2.8 5.1 2.0 8.9 1.4
   AML9 MDS 16q22 (cbFBx2) 7.1 2.0 29.7 4.8 1.2 0.3 8.2 0.6
   AML10 M5 ND 68.1 12.2 90.7 11.1 7.3 1.2 31.7 2.5
   AML11 M2/M4 t(8;21) 3.7 1.4 24.6 2.4 1.7 0.7 14.3 5.8
   AML12 M5 Normal 18.5 1.9 37.5 2.7 4.8 1.2 3.3 1.5
   AML13 M4 Deletion of chromosome 7 57.3 6.1 53.9 6.3 6.8 1.0 11.2 2.5
   AML14 M4 ND 16.9 3.2 25.7 3.3 17.7 2.0 25.0 1.7
   Geometric mean NA NA 9.3 24.9 4.9 13.8
   95% CI NA NA 5.3, 16.2 17.6, 35.1 3.3, 7.5 9.5, 20.1
CML specimens
   CML1 bcCML t(9:22) 37.0 0.9 39.3 1.1 8.1 0.5 22.0 1.6
   CML2 bcCML t(9:22) 16.8 2.2 30.8 5.2 16.9 2.2 30.7 7.1
   CML3 bcCML t(9:22) 61.4 0.8 47.0 1.3 19.7 9.4 24.2 6.8
   CML4 bcCML t(9:22) 5.1 2.9 15.6 7.5 5.3 1.0 14.2 3.5
   Geometric mean NA NA 20.2§ 29.9 10.7|| 21.6
   95% CI NA NA 7.5, 54.4 19.1, 47.0 6.4, 18.0 16.4, 28.5
Normal specimens
   N1 NA NA 98.4 1.5 93.5 8.1 98.8 1.7 97.5 3.0
   N2 NA NA 85.3 5.5 100.0 0.1 55.0 11.9 100.0 0.3
   N3 NA NA 93.9 18.6 98.5 5.2 71.1 27.1 97.0 8.9
   N4 NA NA 70.6 7.9 84.6 5.0 57.0 16.8 75.0 6.1
   N5 NA NA 92.2 1.8 96.4 2.1 73.5 1.7 95.6 2.3
   N6 NA NA 99.7 1.1 100.0 2.2 96.8 1.2 100.6 2.0
   N7 NA NA 98.8 1.1 97.9 3.8 96.8 1.6 98.9 2.1
   Geometric mean NA NA 93.4 92.8 86.5 82.1
   95% CI NA NA 85.4, 102.2 88.5, 97.2 74.0, 101.2 69.4, 97.1

ND indicates not determined; and NA, not applicable.

*

Viability normalized to untreated controls

10.1-fold lower viability (P < .001) than healthy subjects

17.5-fold lower viability (P < .001) than healthy subjects

§

4.6-fold lower viability (P = .003) than healthy subjects

||

8.1-fold lower viability (P < .001) than healthy subjects