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MLL-AF9 leukemia stem cells: hardwired or taking cues from the microenvironment?
Cancer cell - 1 Jun 2008
Muntean Andrew G, Hess Jay L
Abstract excerpt
MLL rearrangements in humans lead to both acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL). While AML has been successfully produced in mice, modeling ALL has been more difficult. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Wei et al. (2008) describe generation of AML, ALL, and biphenotypic leukemia by manipulating the cytokine milieu of human progenitor cells expressing MLL-AF9. They demonstrate that both...
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