Detection of prognostically relevant genetic abnormalities in childhood B‐cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: recommendations from the Biology and …

CJ Harrison, O Haas, J Harbott, A Biondi… - British journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) has improved considerably in
recent years. A contributing factor has been the improved stratification for treatment …

Genetic aberrations in paediatric acute leukaemias and implications for management of patients

T Szczepański, CJ Harrison, JJM van Dongen - The lancet oncology, 2010 - thelancet.com
The process of malignant transformation in paediatric acute leukaemias is complex,
requiring at least two deleterious events resulting in DNA damage. This damage ranges …

Rearrangement of CRLF2 is associated with mutation of JAK kinases, alteration of IKZF1, Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, and a poor outcome in pediatric B-progenitor …

RC Harvey, CG Mullighan, IM Chen… - Blood, The Journal …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
Gene expression profiling of 207 uniformly treated children with high-risk B-progenitor acute
lymphoblastic leukemia revealed 29 of 207 cases (14%) with markedly elevated expression …

Identification of novel cluster groups in pediatric high-risk B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia with gene expression profiling: correlation with genome-wide …

RC Harvey, CG Mullighan, X Wang… - Blood, The Journal …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
To resolve the genetic heterogeneity within pediatric high-risk B-precursor acute
lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a clinically defined poor-risk group with few known recurring …

Functional screening identifies CRLF2 in precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

A Yoda, Y Yoda, S Chiaretti… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
The prognosis for adults with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL)
remains poor, in part from a lack of therapeutic targets. We identified the type I cytokine …

Down syndrome acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a highly heterogeneous disease in which aberrant expression of CRLF2 is associated with mutated JAK2: a report …

L Hertzberg, E Vendramini, I Ganmore… - Blood, The Journal …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
We report gene expression and other analyses to elucidate the molecular characteristics of
acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children with Down syndrome (DS). We find that by …

Presence of the P2RY8-CRLF2 rearrangement is associated with a poor prognosis in non–high-risk precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children treated …

G Cario, M Zimmermann, R Romey… - Blood, The Journal …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
High-level expression of the cytokine receptor-like factor 2 gene, CRLF2, in precursor B-cell
acute lymphoblastic leukemia (pB-ALL) was shown to be caused by a translocation …

HSP90 is a therapeutic target in JAK2-dependent myeloproliferative neoplasms in mice and humans

S Marubayashi, P Koppikar, T Taldone… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Clin Investig
JAK2 kinase inhibitors were developed for the treatment of myeloproliferative neoplasms
(MPNs), following the discovery of activating JAK2 mutations in the majority of patients with …

Evaluation of multiplex ligation‐dependent probe amplification as a method for the detection of copy number abnormalities in B‐cell precursor acute lymphoblastic …

CJ Schwab, LR Jones, H Morrison… - Genes …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Recent genomic studies have shown that copy number abnormalities (CNA) of genes
involved in lymphoid differentiation and cell cycle control are common in B‐cell precursor …

The role of chromosome 21 in hematology and oncology

C Fonatsch - Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Newborns and children with Down syndrome (DS) often present with congenital transient
leukemia and have an increased risk of acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic …