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The role of ATM mutations and 11q deletions in disease progression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Jun 2014
Stankovic Tatjana, Skowronska Anna
Abstract excerpt
Abstract ATM gene alteration is a frequent event in pathogenesis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and occurs as monoallelic loss in the form of 11q23 deletion, with and without mutation in the remaining ATM allele. ATM is a principal DNA damage response gene and biallelic ATM alterations lead to ATM functional loss and chemoresistance. The introduction of new therapies, such as intensive chemoimmunotherapy...
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