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Identification of a novel functional JAK1 S646P mutation in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Oncotarget - 23 May 2017
Li Qian, Li Botao, Hu Liangding, Ning Hongmei, Jiang Min, Wang Danhong, Liu Tingting, Zhang Bin, Chen Hu
Abstract excerpt
The survival rate of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is approaching 90%, while the prognosis of adults remains poor due to the limited therapeutic approaches. In order to identify new targets for ALL, we performed whole-exome sequencing on four adults with B-ALL and discovered a somatic JAK1 S646P mutation. Sanger sequencing of JAK1 was conducted on 53 ALL patients, and two cases exhibited A639G and...
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