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One of the crucial requirements for this purpose is a high efficiency of siRNA delivery into CML primary cells. We suppose that the genes may be implicated in the disease development and a siRNA-suppression can elucidate their functions in leukemogenesis. Our array-based analyses of gene expression in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) revealed several genes (MMP8, MMP9, PCNA, JNK2, MAPK p38) with significant increased expression. Development of array methods contributes to elucidation of many genes expressed during oncogenesis.
