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CD99 is a therapeutic target on disease stem cells in myeloid malignancies.
Science translational medicine - 25 Jan 2017
Chung Stephen S, Eng William S, Hu Wenhuo, Khalaj Mona, Garrett-Bakelman Francine E, Tavakkoli Montreh, Levine Ross L, Carroll Martin, Klimek Virginia M, Melnick Ari M, Park Christopher Y
Abstract excerpt
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and the myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are initiated and sustained by self-renewing malignant stem cells; thus, eradication of AML and MDS stem cells is required for cure. We identified CD99 as a cell surface protein frequently overexpressed on AML and MDS stem cells. Expression of CD99 allows for prospective separation of leukemic stem cells (LSCs) from functionally normal...
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