The genetics and mechanisms of T cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

L Belver, A Ferrando - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
T cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive haematological malignancy
derived from early T cell progenitors. In recent years genomic and transcriptomic studies …

The emerging complexity of gene fusions in cancer

F Mertens, B Johansson, T Fioretos… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
Structural chromosome rearrangements may result in the exchange of coding or regulatory
DNA sequences between genes. Many such gene fusions are strong driver mutations in …

[HTML][HTML] Genomics of uterine leiomyomas: insights from high-throughput sequencing

M Mehine, N Mäkinen, HR Heinonen, LA Aaltonen… - Fertility and sterility, 2014 - Elsevier
Uterine leiomyomas are benign smooth-muscle tumors of extremely low malignant potential.
Early work utilizing classical cytogenetics revealed that a subset of uterine leiomyomas …

Pediatric T‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

K Karrman, B Johansson - Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The most common pediatric malignancy is acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), of which T‐
cell ALL (T‐ALL) comprises 10–15% of cases. T‐ALL arises in the thymus from an immature …

Expression and function of the insulin receptor substrate proteins in cancer

K Mardilovich, SL Pankratz, LM Shaw - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2009 - Springer
Abstract The Insulin Receptor Substrate (IRS) proteins are cytoplasmic adaptor proteins that
function as essential signaling intermediates downstream of activated cell surface receptors …

The NOTCH signaling pathway: role in the pathogenesis of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and implication for therapy

V Tosello, AA Ferrando - Therapeutic advances in …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (T-ALL) is characterized by aberrant
activation of NOTCH1 in over 60% of T-ALL cases. The high prevalence of activating …

Is Insulin Receptor Substrate4 (IRS4) a platform involved in the activation of several oncogenes?

LG Guijarro, FJ Justo Bermejo, DL Boaru… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary IRS4 (insulin receptor substrate4) belongs to a family of intracellular
proteins that include IRS1 and IRS2 and whose physiological function is to transmit the …

IRS4 induces mammary tumorigenesis and confers resistance to HER2-targeted therapy through constitutive PI3K/AKT-pathway hyperactivation

GJ Ikink, M Boer, ERM Bakker, J Hilkens - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
In search of oncogenic drivers and mechanisms affecting therapy resistance in breast
cancer, we identified Irs4, a poorly studied member of the insulin receptor substrate (IRS) …

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

L Pagliaro, SJ Chen, D Herranz, C Mecucci… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is a haematological malignancy characterized by the
uncontrolled proliferation of immature lymphoid cells. Over past decades, significant …

Ikaros and leukaemia

L Olsson, B Johansson - British journal of haematology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The IKZF 1 gene at 7p12. 2 codes for IKAROS (also termed IKZF 1), an essential
transcription factor in haematopoiesis involved primarily in lymphoid differentiation. Its …