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The tumor biopsies were ascertained from patients evaluated at the Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia (Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia) and from the Department of the Obstetrics and Gynecology of Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany after appropriate informed consent and approval of protocols by institutional review boards.
Gene expression profiling using complementary DNA (cDNA) microarrays is being applied for multiple purposes such as defining the taxonomy of different molecular subtypes of human breast and other cancers [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ] and discovering biomarkers and therapeutic targets [ 11 12 ] . A limitation of the use of this technology is that small specimens of human tissue, such as obtained by core needle or fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies, may not be sufficient for microarray hybridization using direct labelling protocols.
These 44 colon biopsies were performed 21 to 100 day post-BMT (median 35 days) prior to the commencement of treatment for A-GVHD and within 15 days of A-GVHD positive skin biopsy for investigating their diarrhea.
Patients with cutaneous and hepatic A-GVHD frequently have apoptosis in their colon biopsies, without any intestinal symptoms [ 4 ] . This may represent sub-clinical intestinal A-GVHD if the apoptosis is observed in relation to the crypts [ 10 ] . If other findings (Table 4) are present in the absence of crypt apoptosis, it may represent evidence of past A-GVHD or due to other etiologic factors such as chronic infections and inflammatory bowel disease.
The changes in expression profile induced by IL-2 in the tumor microenvironment were monitored by repeated fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies.
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