Our study aimed to investigate the correlation of long noncoding RNA maternally expressed gene 3 expression with clinical features, treatment response, and survival profiles in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
Bone marrow samples of 122 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (prior to treatment) and 30 healthy donors (after enrollment) were collected, and long noncoding RNA maternally expressed gene 3 expression was detected by reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction. According to median value of long noncoding RNA maternally expressed gene 3 expression in patients with acute myeloid leukemia, they were divided into long noncoding RNA maternally expressed gene 3 high expression and low expression patients (which were further categorized as low—, low–, and low- expression patients).
Long noncoding RNA maternally expressed gene 3 expression was decreased in patients with acute myeloid leukemia compared to healthy donors. Besides, receiver operating characteristic curve displayed that long noncoding RNA maternally expressed gene 3 distinguished patients with acute myeloid leukemia from healthy donors. In patients with acute myeloid leukemia, long noncoding RNA maternally expressed gene 3 low expression was associated with poor-risk stratification but was not correlated with age, gender, French-American-Britain classification, or white blood cell level. For prognosis, complete remission rate was lowest in long noncoding RNA maternally expressed gene 3 low— expression patients, followed by long noncoding RNA maternally expressed gene 3 low– expression patients, long noncoding RNA maternally expressed gene 3 low- expression patients, and was highest in long noncoding RNA maternally expressed gene 3 high expression patients; Kaplan-Meier curves displayed that lower long noncoding RNA maternally expressed gene 3 expression was associated with reduced event-free survival and overall survival; Cox regression analysis showed that lower long noncoding RNA maternally expressed gene 3 expression independently predicted decreased event-free survival and worse overall survival in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
Long noncoding RNA maternally expressed gene 3 may function as a novel marker for effective surveillance and management of acute myeloid leukemia.

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