Pernicious anemia (also called Addison's anemia) is a type of red blood cell disorder caused by impaired vitamin B12 metabolism. Vitamin B12 is primarily absorbed by the small intestine, after being bound to intrinsic factor secreted by parietal cells of gastric mucosa. When this process is disrupted by conditions like atrophic gastritis, celiac disease, small bowel resection etc, B12 deficiency ensues.
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), a myeloproliferative disorder, which is characterized by the uncontrolled expansion of immature bone marrow cells of myeloid origin.The hallmark of CML is the formation of the Philadelphia chromosome resulting from the reciprocal translation (9;22)(q34;q11.2), resulting in a derivative 9q+ and a small 22q- ultimately forms a BCR/ABL fusion gene and production of a BCR/ABL fusion protein. The gene product of the BCR/ABL gene constitutively activates numerous downstream targets including c-myc, Akt and Jun, all of which cause uncontrolled proliferation and survival of CML cells.
Chronic myelogenous leukemia pathophysiology
Acute myeloid leukemia pathophysiology
Myelodysplastic syndrome pathophysiology
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia pathophysiology
Hairy cell leukemia pathophysiology
Myelofibrosis pathophysiology
Mast cell leukemia pathophysiology
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia pathophysiology