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Interleukin-7 receptor mutants initiate early T cell precursor leukemia in murine thymocyte progenitors with multipotent potential.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 7 Apr 2014
Treanor Louise M, Zhou Sheng, Janke Laura, Churchman Michelle L, Ma Zhijun, Lu Taihe, Chen Shann-Ching, Mullighan Charles G, Sorrentino Brian P
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Early T cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ETP-ALL) exhibits lymphoid, myeloid, and stem cell features and is associated with a poor prognosis. Whole genome sequencing of human ETP-ALL cases has identified recurrent mutations in signaling, histone modification, and hematopoietic development genes but it remains to be determined which of these abnormalities are sufficient to initiate leukemia. We show...
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