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Gain-of-function CCR4 mutations in adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 15 Dec 2014
Nakagawa Masao, Schmitz Roland, Xiao Wenming, Goldman Carolyn K, Xu Weihong, Yang Yandan, Yu Xin, Waldmann Thomas A, Staudt Louis M
Abstract excerpt
Adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is an aggressive malignancy caused by human T cell lymphotropic virus type-I (HTLV-I) without curative treatment at present. To illuminate the pathogenesis of ATLL we performed whole transcriptome sequencing of purified ATLL patient samples and discovered recurrent somatic mutations in CCR4, encoding CC chemokine receptor 4. CCR4 mutations were detected in 14/53 ATLL samples...
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