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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Leukemia-associated genetic aberrations in mesenchymal stem cells of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
| Creators Name: | Shalapour, S., Eckert, C., Seeger, K., Pfau, M., Prada, J., Henze, G., Blankenstein, T. and Kammertoens, T. |
| Abstract: | Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is caused by malignant immature lymphocytes. Even though childhood ALL can be cured in a large number of patients, around 20% of the patients suffer a relapse after chemotherapy. The origin of the relapse is unclear at the present time. Given the high plasticity of cells, we searched for leukemia-associated genetic aberrations and immunoglobulin (IG) gene rearrangements in mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) from childhood B-cell precursor ALL patients. MSC from all ten ALL patients analyzed presented the chromosomal translocations that had been detected in leukemia cells (TEL-AML1, E2A-PBX1, or MLL rearrangement). The proportions of translocation-positive MSC varied between 10% and 54% depending on the patients and the time point of analysis. Leukemia-specific IG gene rearrangements were detected in the MSC from three ALL patients. The detection of leukemia-associated genetic aberrations in MSC indicates a clonal relationship between MSC and leukemia cells and suggests their involvement in the pathogenesis and/or pathophysiology of childhood ALL. |
| Keywords: | Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Fusion Genes, Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Chromosomal Translocations, IG Gene Rearrangements |
| Source: | Journal of Molecular Medicine |
| ISSN: | 0946-2716 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Volume: | 88 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Page Range: | 249-265 |
| Date: | March 2010 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00109-009-0583-8 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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