Table 2.

Asparagine synthetase (AS) mRNA expression values in time



Day

-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
Expression of AS compared with GAPDH, %       
    Median   0.26   0.75   0.75   0.87   1.05   0.99  
    25th—75th percentile   0.16-0.46   0.45-1.4   0.52-1.18   0.47-1.17   0.48-1.05   0.53-1.8  
Wilcoxon signed rank test, P       
    Compared between successive days   NA   < .001   .4   .4   .06   .4  
    Day -5 compared with days -4, -3, -2, -1, and 0
 
NA
 
< .001
 
.001
 
< .001
 
.001
 
.002
 


Day

-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
Expression of AS compared with GAPDH, %       
    Median   0.26   0.75   0.75   0.87   1.05   0.99  
    25th—75th percentile   0.16-0.46   0.45-1.4   0.52-1.18   0.47-1.17   0.48-1.05   0.53-1.8  
Wilcoxon signed rank test, P       
    Compared between successive days   NA   < .001   .4   .4   .06   .4  
    Day -5 compared with days -4, -3, -2, -1, and 0
 
NA
 
< .001
 
.001
 
< .001
 
.001
 
.002
 

Median expression values (and 25th—75th percentiles of AS mRNA compared with GAPDH in time in leukemic cells of 31 children induced by pegylated L-asparaginase (PEG-Asp). Wilcoxon signed rank test compared between successive days, and day -5 values compared with levels of day -4, day -3, day -2, day -1, and day 0.

NA indicates not applicable.