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Anti-proliferative effects of T cells expressing a ligand-based chimeric antigen receptor against CD116 on CD34(+) cells of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
Journal of hematology & oncology - 16 Mar 2016
Nakazawa Yozo, Matsuda Kazuyuki, Kurata Takashi, Sueki Akane, Tanaka Miyuki, Sakashita Kazuo, Imai Chihaya, Wilson Matthew H, Koike Kenichi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) is a fatal, myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm of early childhood. Patients with JMML have mutually exclusive genetic abnormalities in granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) receptor (GMR, CD116) signaling pathway. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is currently the only curative treatment option for JMML; however,...
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