Genomics in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: insights and treatment implications

KG Roberts, CG Mullighan - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2015 - nature.com
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the commonest childhood cancer and an important
cause of morbidity from haematological malignancies in adults. In the past several years, we …

Molecular genetics of B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia

CG Mullighan - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2012 - Am Soc Clin Investig
B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is the most common childhood tumor and
the leading cause of cancer-related death in children and young adults. The majority of B …

Ras in cancer and developmental diseases

A Fernández-Medarde, E Santos - Genes & cancer, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Somatic, gain-of-function mutations in ras genes were the first specific genetic alterations
identified in human cancer about 3 decades ago. Studies during the last quarter century …

Identification of ETV6-RUNX1-like and DUX4-rearranged subtypes in paediatric B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

H Lilljebjörn, R Henningsson… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Fusion genes are potent driver mutations in cancer. In this study, we delineate the fusion
gene landscape in a consecutive series of 195 paediatric B-cell precursor acute …

Ras pathway mutations are prevalent in relapsed childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and confer sensitivity to MEK inhibition

J Irving, E Matheson, L Minto, H Blair… - Blood, The Journal …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
For most children who relapse with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the prognosis is
poor, and there is a need for novel therapies to improve outcome. We screened samples …

The genomic landscape of high hyperdiploid childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

K Paulsson, H Lilljebjörn, A Biloglav, L Olsson… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract High hyperdiploid (51–67 chromosomes) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is
one of the most common childhood malignancies, comprising 30% of all pediatric B cell …

Key pathways are frequently mutated in high-risk childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group

J Zhang, CG Mullighan, RC Harvey… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
We sequenced 120 candidate genes in 187 high-risk childhood B-precursor acute
lymphoblastic leukemias, the largest pediatric cancer genome sequencing effort reported to …

The clinical relevance of chromosomal and genomic abnormalities in B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

AV Moorman - Blood reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) occurs at all ages but is the most common cancer of
childhood. The current treatment of paediatric ALL is highly successful with up to 90 …

Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK pathway activation in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and its therapeutic targeting

T Knight, JAE Irving - Frontiers in oncology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Deregulation of the Ras/Raf/MEK/extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway is a
common event in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and is caused by point mutation …

High hyperdiploid childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

K Paulsson, B Johansson - Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract High hyperdiploidy (51–67 chromosomes) is the most common cytogenetic
abnormality pattern in childhood B‐cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) …