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. 2016 Nov 17;6:37201. doi: 10.1038/srep37201

Figure 3. Box-plot distribution of the WNT10B/WNT10BIVS1 transcripts per AML classes.

Figure 3

WNT10BIVS1 transcript levels showed a significative difference (p < 0.0001; Kruskal-Wallis test) between MRC (a), ELN (b) and NCNN (c) risk classes classification in a cohort of n = 125 AML patients (n = 70 intermediate and adverse-risk, n = 40 favorable-risk, n = 8 APL and n = 7 therapy-related). Comparative Mann-Whitney U-test showed a significative reduction of WNT10BIVS1 levels in favorable versus adverse-intermediate risk patients (p < 0.001 for all three classification system). No statistical significance in WNT10BIVS1 levels between intermediate and adverse-risk groups (MRC: Int vs Adv: p 0.4864; ELN: Int-1 vs Int-2 p 0.1500 and Int-1/2 vs Adv: p 0.6963; NCCN: Int vs Adv: p 0.9940). (d) Kruskal-Wallis test of WNT10BIVS1 transcript distribution per WHO classes, showed a significative difference in WNT10BIVS1 distribution (p < 0.0001). Comparative Mann-Whitney U-test: t-AML vs AML-RGA, AML-MDS and AML,NOS groups (p < 0.0005), AML-RGA vs t-AML, AML-MDS and AML,NOS groups (p < 0.003) and AML-MDS vs AML,NOS: p 0.5475. (e) Significative difference in WNT10B transcript levels between the distinct WHO splitted classes (p 0.0008; Kruskal-Wallis test), and comparative Mann-Whitney U-test endorsed a significative reduction in patients with therapy-related disease (p < 0.01). No statistical significance in WNT10B levels between all the other groups. (f) Significative difference in WNT10BIVS1 transcript levels between the distinct WHO splitted classes (p < 0.0001; Kruskal-Wallis test). Comparative Mann-Whitney U-test confirmed a significative reduction of WNT10BIVS1 levels in CBF-AML, APL, and therapy-related AML compared with patients with recurrent genetic abnormalities, NPM1/CEBPA mutation, MDS-related features, normal karyotype or other non-recurrent genetic number or structural abnormalities (p < 0.01). Data represent mean values ± s.d. (g) Graphical representation of patients cohort distribution (upper panel) and WNT10B/WNT10BIVS1 mRNAs classification of AML patients (lower panel). (h) Consensus clustering 3D scatter plot of WNT10B and WNT10BIVS1 transcript levels in the cohort of AML patients. Data represent mean values ± s.d. AML-RGA: AML with recurrent genetic abnormalities, AML-MDS: AML with myelodysplasia-related features, t-AML: therapy-related AML, AML,NOS: AML, not otherwise specified.