Targeting B cell receptor signalling in cancer: preclinical and clinical advances

JA Burger, A Wiestner - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
B cell receptor (BCR) signalling is crucial for normal B cell development and adaptive
immunity. BCR signalling also supports the survival and growth of malignant B cells in …

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

M Hallek, TD Shanafelt, B Eichhorst - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Important advances in understanding the pathogenesis of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in
the past two decades have led to the development of new prognostic tools and novel …

An international prognostic index for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL-IPI): a meta-analysis of individual patient data

International CLL-IPI Working Group - The Lancet Oncology, 2016 - Elsevier
Background The management of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia is currently
undergoing improvements due to novel therapies and a plethora of biological and genetic …

Long-term remissions after FCR chemoimmunotherapy in previously untreated patients with CLL: updated results of the CLL8 trial

K Fischer, J Bahlo, AM Fink, V Goede… - Blood, The Journal …, 2016 - ashpublications.org
Despite promising results with targeted drugs, chemoimmunotherapy with fludarabine,
cyclophosphamide (FC), and rituximab (R) remains the standard therapy for fit patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution and impact of subclonal mutations in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

DA Landau, SL Carter, P Stojanov, A McKenna… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Clonal evolution is a key feature of cancer progression and relapse. We studied intratumoral
heterogeneity in 149 chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cases by integrating whole-exome …

Epigenetic evolution and lineage histories of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

F Gaiti, R Chaligne, H Gu, RM Brand, S Kothen-Hill… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Genetic and epigenetic intra-tumoral heterogeneity cooperate to shape the evolutionary
course of cancer. Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is a highly informative model for …

Idelalisib given front-line for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia causes frequent immune-mediated hepatotoxicity

BL Lampson, SN Kasar, TR Matos… - Blood, The Journal …, 2016 - ashpublications.org
Idelalisib is a small-molecule inhibitor of PI3Kδ with demonstrated efficacy for the treatment
of relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). To evaluate idelalisib as front …

The lymph node microenvironment promotes B-cell receptor signaling, NF-κB activation, and tumor proliferation in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Y Herishanu, P Pérez-Galán, D Liu… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), an incurable malignancy of mature B lymphocytes,
involves blood, bone marrow, and secondary lymphoid organs such as the lymph nodes …

Minimal residual disease quantification is an independent predictor of progression-free and overall survival in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a multivariate analysis …

S Böttcher, M Ritgen, K Fischer… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To determine the clinical significance of flow cytometric minimal residual disease
(MRD) quantification in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in addition to pretherapeutic risk …

Development of a comprehensive prognostic index for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

N Pflug, J Bahlo, TD Shanafelt… - Blood, The Journal …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
In addition to clinical staging, a number of biomarkers predicting overall survival (OS) have
been identified in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The multiplicity of markers, limited …