Figure 1From: Increased expression of miR-221 is associated with shorter overall survival in T-cell acute lymphoid leukemia Quantitative analysis of miR-221 (A) and miR-374 (B) expression in samples from T-ALL patients, T-cells from normal peripheral blood, and CD3+ /CD4+ /CD8+ thymocytes. Leukemic samples from 48 T-ALL patients were obtained from cell banks. The expression of miRNAs was quantified by Real-Time Quantitative PCR (RQ-PCR). The horizontal bars represent the mean of miRNA expression calculated by 2-ΔCt. T-ALL samples were categorized according to presence of the CD56 cell marker: 12 samples were positive (T-ALL/CD56+) and 36 were negative (T-ALL/CD56-). Asterisks indicate significant differences between groups (ANOVA test followed by a Dunn’s post-test).Back to article page