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Translocations involving the Mixed Lineage Leukemia (MLL) gene at 11q23 are found in both acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML), but have different prognostic implications depending on the phenotype of the leukemia in de novo pediatric cases. The majority of MLL gene rearrangements are associated with infant ALL, and their presence predicts a poor prognosis which worsens with earlier age of presentation. Rearrangements of the MLL gene are found in most cases of infant AML and regardless of age confer an intermediate risk. The treatment of MLL-rearranged ALL in children involves increased intensification of chemotherapy, and infants with ALL are treated with an intensive regimen of ALL- and AML-like chemotherapy, with the proportion of MLL-rearranged cases being responsible for the poor outcome in this age group. The use of DNA microarray analysis to distinguish a particular gene signature for MLL-rearranged leukemias is shedding light on the molecular mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets of these leukemias. It may also prove to have a useful role in both diagnosis and prognosis. This review considers recent advances in our understanding of the role of MLL gene rearrangements in pediatric clinical practice. 相似文献
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Super HJ; McCabe NR; Thirman MJ; Larson RA; Le Beau MM; Pedersen-Bjergaard J; Philip P; Diaz MO; Rowley JD 《Blood》1993,82(12):3705-3711
Chromosome band 11q23 is frequently involved in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) de novo, as well as in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and lymphoma. Five percent to 15% of patients treated with chemotherapy for a primary neoplasm develop therapy-related AML (t-AML) that may show rearrangements, usually translocations involving band 11q23 or, less often, 21q22. These leukemias develop after a relatively short latent period and often follow the use of drugs that inhibit the activity of DNA-topoisomerase II (topo II). We previously identified a gene, MLL (myeloid-lymphoid leukemia or mixed-lineage leukemia), at 11q23 that is involved in the de novo leukemias. We have studied 17 patients with t-MDS/t-AML, 12 of whom had cytogenetically detectable 11q23 rearrangements. Ten of the 12 t-AML patients had received topo II inhibitors and 9 of these, all with balanced translocations of 11q23, had MLL rearrangements on Southern blot analysis. None of the patients who had not received topo II inhibitors showed an MLL rearrangement. Of the 5 patients lacking 11q23 rearrangements, some of whom had monoblastic features, none had an MLL rearrangement, although 4 had received topo II inhibitors. Our study indicates that the MLL gene rearrangements are similar both in AML that develops de novo and in t-AML. The association of exposure to topo II- reactive chemotherapy with 11q23 rearrangements involving the MLL gene in t-AML suggests that topo II may play a role in the aberrant recombination events that occur in this region both in AML de novo and in t-AML. 相似文献
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Rearrangement of the MLL gene confers a poor prognosis in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, regardless of presenting age 总被引:7,自引:3,他引:7
Behm FG; Raimondi SC; Frestedt JL; Liu Q; Crist WM; Downing JR; Rivera GK; Kersey JH; Pui CH 《Blood》1996,87(7):2870-2877
MLL gene rearrangements are associated with an extremely poor prognosis in infants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but little is known about their clinical significance in older children. Therefore, we studied 45 cases of childhood ALL with abnormalities of chromosome 11q23 for rearrangement of the MLL gene to determine if this feature confers a uniformly poor prognosis. MLL gene rearrangements were detected in all 18 cases with the common t(4;11), t(9;11) or t(11;19) translocations, whereas only 5 of 12 patients with either unbalanced or uncommon balanced translocations demonstrated a rearrangement. Abnormalities of the MLL gene were not detected in any of the 15 cases with a deletion or inversion of the chromosomes 11q23 region. The presence of an MLL rearrangement was significantly associated with age less than 1 year (P < .001), leukocyte count >50 x 10(9)/L (P = .003), and the absence of leukemic cell CD10 expression (P < .001). In a stratified statistical analysis adjusted for age and treatment protocol, MLL gene rearrangement was correlated with an inferior treatment outcome (P = .028). The 4-year event-free survival estimate (+/- SE) was 10% +/- 6.5% for cases with a rearranged MLL gene and 64% +/- 19.2% for other cases. When infants were excluded from the analysis, MLL rearrangement was still significantly associated with a poor outcome (P = .02), and remained so with the exclusion of t(4;11)- positive cases (P = .05). Thus, regardless of presenting age, MLL gene rearrangement identifies a high-risk subgroup of patients who are not likely to be cured with conventional treatment. 相似文献
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《Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands)》2013,18(6):309-314
AbstractMixed-lineage acute leukemia (MAL) is characterized as acute leukemia involving acute myeloid cells and lymphoid cells at the same time. It is easily misdiagnosed because of the dual characteristics involving both lymphoid and myeloid cells and has a poor prognosis. We retrospectively analyzed the features and treatment effectiveness in a single center in 40 patients with MAL. The morphology was consistent with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) (47.5%) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML) (20%) or was inconclusive (32.5%). Twenty-two patients were characterized as B/myeloid, and 18 patients as T/myeloid. Cytogenetics showed t(9;22)/(Ph+) (12.5%) and 11q23/MLL rearrangements (6.25%). The rate of first complete remission for patients undergoing chemotherapy based on the features of both ALL and AML and of either ALL or AML was 71.4 and 42.9%, respectively. The 1-year overall survival rates were 37.5 and 60.0% for chemotherapy and chemotherapy followed by haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), respectively. The 1-year disease-free survival rates were 25.0 and 50.0% for chemotherapy and chemotherapy followed by HSCT, respectively. These results showed that MAL is confirmed to be a poor-risk disease. The chemotherapy for remission induction should be based on both myeloid cells and lymphoid cells. Transplantation should be performed after the first remission. 相似文献
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Rearrangements of chromosome band 11q23 are common in infant leukemias, comprising more than 70% of the observed chromosome abnormalities in children less than 1 year of age. The MLL gene, which is located at the 11q23 breakpoint in infant, childhood, and adult acute leukemias, has been cloned and has homology to the Drosophila trithorax gene. The breakpoints in MLL are restricted to an 8.3-kilobase pair (kb) region of the gene that is involved in translocations with as many as 29 other chromosomal regions in a number of phenotypically distinct acute leukemias. We have detected an identical, clonal, nonconstitutional rearrangement of the MLL gene in peripheral blood cells from a pair of female infants twins with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and a t(11;19)(q23;p13.3). The detection of nonidentical IGH rearrangements suggests that the MLL rearrangement took place in a B-cell precursor or hematopoietic stem cell in one twin which was transferred in utero to the other fetus resulting in ALL with an identical aneuploid karyotype in both infants. We speculate that the other MLL-related infant leukemias may also develop in utero, and that the rearrangements may occur consistently in stem cells or early precursor cells, accounting for the frequency of mixed-lineage leukemia in infants. 相似文献
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Monoclonal antibody 7.1, which recognizes the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan molecule NG2, was used to screen prospectively blast cells from 104 consecutive children at initial presentation with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Reactivity with this antibody was found in 9 cases (8.6%), of whom 5 had a t(4;11)(q21;q23) and 4 had a t(11;19)(p13;q23). None of the NG2- cases had either translocation. Southern blot analysis disclosed MLL gene rearrangement in only the 9 cases with 7.1 reactivity plus the t(4;11)(q21;q23) or t(11;19)(q23;p13) translocation. MLL gene rearrangements were not detected in 89 patient leukemic samples that did not express NG2, including 7 patients with del(11)(q23) or inv(11)(p13q23). As expected from the association with t(4;11) and t(11;19), NG2+ cases were significantly more likely to be infants, to have hyperleukocytosis and central nervous system involvement, to be CD10-, and to express myeloid- associated antigens CD15 and CD65. Despite short follow-up duration, 3 of the NG2+ cases have relapsed while the other 101 patients remain in remission. Thus, blast cell surface expression of NG2 is useful for identifying patients with ALL having t(4;11) or t(11;19) translocations that are associated with poor prognosis, especially in the infant age group. 相似文献
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Frequency and prognostic significance of HRX rearrangements in infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Pediatric Oncology Group study 总被引:3,自引:4,他引:3
Rubnitz JE; Link MP; Shuster JJ; Carroll AJ; Hakami N; Frankel LS; Pullen DJ; Cleary ML 《Blood》1994,84(2):570-573
Chromosome band 11q23, the location of the HRX gene, is a site of recurrent translocations in human malignancies. Infants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) commonly have 11q23 translocations and have an especially poor prognosis despite intensive chemotherapy. We analyzed 96 cases of infant ALL treated on three consecutive Pediatric Oncology Group protocols to determine the frequency and prognostic significance of molecular rearrangements of HRX. Overall, 78 cases (81%) had HRX rearrangements detected by Southern blot analysis performed with a single HRX cDNA probe, whereas 18 cases (19%) had germline HRX. Of the 78 cases with HRX rearrangements, only 50 had abnormalities of 11q23 detected cytogenetically. Molecular abnormalities of HRX were associated with early treatment failure and a very poor outcome. Estimated event-free survival for patients with HRX rearrangements was 19% (SE, 7%) at 3 years, compared with 46% (SE, 17%) for patients with germline HRX (P = .033 by the two-sided logrank test). Therefore, infants with ALL and molecular abnormalities of HRX represent a group with an extremely high rate of failure who clearly need innovative or experimental treatment. Furthermore, cytogenetic analysis alone failed to detected 36% of HRX rearrangements, suggesting that molecular analysis be performed on all infants with ALL to identify this group of high-risk patients. 相似文献
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Raimondi SC; Frestedt JL; Pui CH; Downing JR; Head DR; Kersey JH; Behm FG 《Blood》1995,86(5):1881-1886
Balanced translocations affecting the 11q23 region are among the most frequent chromosomal abnormalities in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), comprising 5% to 6%. These cases consistently have a rearranged MLL gene and are associated with high-risk presenting features, hyperleukocytosis and younger age, and a poor treatment outcome. To assess the clinical and biologic significance of 11q23- associated structural chromosomal abnormalities other than translocations, we studied 17 cases of childhood ALL [14 with del(11)(q23) and 3 with inv(11)(p12q23)] that were identified among 785 cases with successful chromosome analysis. In contrast to reported cases with 11q23 and MLL gene rearrangement, our series was characterized by relatively low leukocyte counts (median, 15.1 x 10(9)/L), expression of CD10 antigen but not myeloid-associated CD15 and CDw65 antigens, a relatively high frequency of T-cell immunophenotypes, and a generally favorable prognosis. All 13 cases with interpretable molecular analysis lacked MLL gene rearrangements. We suggest that most cases with deletions or inversions affecting the 11q23 region represent clinically and biologically different entities as compared with those defined by 11q23 translocation. 相似文献
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Chen CS; Sorensen PH; Domer PH; Reaman GH; Korsmeyer SJ; Heerema NA; Hammond GD; Kersey JH 《Blood》1993,81(9):2386-2393
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in infants generally shows distinctive biologic features and has a poor prognosis. Cytogenetic studies indicate that many infant leukemias have chromosome 11q23 translocations. Because of these findings and the distinct clinical features of infant leukemia, we investigated 30 cases of infant ALL for molecular defects of 11q23. Fourteen cases had cytogenetic abnormalities of 11q23, and all of them showed 11q23 rearrangements at the molecular level. An additional seven cases also had 11q23 molecular rearrangements, including one with normal cytogenetic analysis. Molecular abnormalities of 11q23 were significantly correlated with adverse prognostic factors, including age under 6 months, hyperleukocytosis, CD10- phenotype, and early treatment failure. Molecular analysis identified a group of infants with germline 11q23 that had a very good treatment outcome with a projected event-free survival of 80% at median follow-up of 46 months compared to 15% in infants with rearranged 11q23 (P < .001). These findings suggest that a high proportion (70%) of infants with ALL have 11q23 rearrangements and that these rearrangements are not always detectable by cytogenetic analysis. The presence of germline 11q23 DNA may identify a subgroup of infant ALL patients with a good outcome using current therapy and a different etiology for their ALL. 相似文献
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Superior outcome of infant acute myeloid leukemia with intensive chemotherapy: results of the Japan Infant Leukemia Study Group. 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
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H Kawasaki K Isoyama M Eguchi S Hibi N Kinukawa Y Kosaka T Oda M Oda S Nishimura M Imaizumi T Okamura T Hongo H Okawa S Mizutani Y Hayashi I Tsukimoto N Kamada E Ishii 《Blood》2001,98(13):3589-3594
This study analyzed data on 35 infants with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who were treated with intensive chemotherapy between 1995 and 1998 in Japan. The incidence of boys, younger age (< 6 months old), and hyperleukocytosis at onset was high in patients with the M4/M5 subtype (n = 23) in the French-American-British classification, compared with the non-M4/M5 subtype (n = 12). Thirteen (56%) and 16 (70%) patients with the M4/M5 subtype also showed 11q23 translocations and MLL gene rearrangements, respectively, whereas only one patient with the non-M4/M5 subtype had this rearrangement. All 35 patients were treated with the ANLL91 protocol consisting of etoposide, high-dose cytarabine, and anthracyclines. Overall survival and the event-free survival (EFS) rates at 3 years of all patients were 76% (95% confidence interval [CI], 61.3%-90.7%) and 72% (95% CI, 56.4%-87.9%), respectively. EFS showed no significant difference between 2 subgroups divided by age, gender, presence of the MLL gene rearrangements, and white blood cell count at onset; EFS in patients with the M4/M5 subtype tended to be better than those with the non-M4/M5 subtype. Although all 6 patients who underwent allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) have been in complete remission, no benefit of SCT was confirmed. These findings suggest that the intensive chemotherapy with the ANLL91 protocol might have been responsible for the observed good outcome of infant AML, even without SCT. The presence of the MLL gene rearrangements or the age at onset had no impact on the outcome of infant AML. 相似文献
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Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is a heterogeneous disease with distinct biological and prognostic groupings. Diagnosis relies on traditional cytomorphological and immunohistochemical evaluation of the leukaemic blasts. Subsequently, cytogenetic analysis identifies clonal numeric and/or structural chromosomal abnormalities that may be present, thus confirming the subtype classification and providing important prognostic information for treatment planning. The major chromosomal abnormalities in ALL are t(9;22)(q34;q11), t(12;21)(p13;q22), t(4;11)(q21;q23), t(1;19)(q23;p13), 8q24 translocations and hyperdiploidy. Generally, hyperdiploidy, occurring most frequently in paediatric cases, is associated with a good prognosis, while hypodiploidy confers a poor prognosis. Among structural chromosomal abnormalities, the t(9;22)(q34;q11) resulting in the BCR/ABL fusion protein, and rearrangements of the MLL gene, confer a poor prognosis in both children and adults, while t(12;21)(p13;q22), resulting in the TEL/AML1 fusion protein, and del (12p) confer a good prognosis. More recently, additional diagnostic and prognostic information has been gained from fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and DNA microarray techniques. 相似文献
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Hayashi Y 《International journal of hematology》2003,78(5):414-420
Recent advances in treatment have transformed childhood acute leukemias into curable diseases. However, 20% to 40% of acute leukemia patients still experience a relapse. Microarrays typically contain thousands of oligonucleotides or complementary DNAs and are rapidly becoming important research tools for the identification of novel classifications of leukemias and lymphomas. Microarray-based identification of several translocations has been performed in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), leading to the discovery of t(1;19), t(12;21), and 11q23 translocations, and in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), finding t(8;21), inv(16), and t(15;17). Correlations between gene expression profiles and clinical features have been reported in ALL and AML. Recently, it was reported that gene expression profiling can be used to predict the prognosis of childhood acute leukemia. In this report, the recent progress in microarray analysis of childhood acute leukemia is reviewed. Gene expression profiling provides new insights into the biological mechanisms of leukemogenesis and the prognosis of childhood acute leukemia. 相似文献
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Suzukawa K Shimizu S Nemoto N Takei N Taki T Nagasawa T 《International journal of hematology》2005,82(1):38-41
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S Nishimura M Kobayashi K Ueda E Ishii J Okamura K Kawaha Y Akiyama S Imashuku K Horibe T Matsuyama A Shibuya M Imaizumi I Tsukimoto T Nagao 《International journal of hematology》1999,69(4):244-252
Although current chemotherapeutic regimens cure as many as 70% of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), infants continue to show a poor outcome. In this paper, we describe the outcome in 37 ALL infants treated between 1989 and 1995 in Japan. Patients had characteristic findings of infant ALL, including hyperleukocytosis > 100 x 10(9)/l (15/37, 41%), blast cells with a CD10-negative phenotype (30/37, 81%), and 11q23/MLL involvement (21/37, 57%). Seven were treated according to Aggressive Treatment Research Group protocol, 15 according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare protocol, and 15 according to protocols of other institutions. The 3-year overall event-free survival (EFS) was 33%. The EFS was 13% for infants aged < 26 weeks at diagnosis and 43% for infants aged > 26 weeks. Infants who had blast cells with CD10 negative phenotype with 11q23/MLL involvement were also associated with poor prognosis. However, infants with CD10 positive blasts without 11q23/MLL involvement had a better outcome (EFS 75%). These results suggest that intensive chemotherapy is effective for patients with good prognostic factors, but for infants with poor prognostic factors a more aggressive approach such as stem cell transplantation might be necessary. 相似文献
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Gene expression analysis of human leukemias has provided insight into disease classification and mechanisms of oncogenesis. Its success is particularly evident for acute leukemias with rearrangement of the mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) gene on chromosome 11q23. Unlike most other recurrent translocations, MLL rearrangements are found in leukemias classified as acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) or acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). In addition, MLL-rearranged leukemias often express both myeloid- and lymphoid-associated genes. These unusual characteristics have generated much interest in the cell of origin and the mechanism of transformation by MLL rearrangements. Here we review insights gained from characterization of MLL-rearranged human leukemias by genome-wide expression profiling and compare these to data from model systems. 相似文献
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AML with 11q23/MLL abnormalities as defined by the WHO classification: incidence,partner chromosomes,FAB subtype,age distribution,and prognostic impact in an unselected series of 1897 cytogenetically analyzed AML cases 总被引:14,自引:2,他引:14
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cases with 11q23 abnormalities involving the MLL gene comprise one category of recurring genetic abnormalities in the WHO classification. In an unselected series of 1897 AML cases, 54 patients with an 11q23/MLL rearrangement were identified, resulting in an incidence of 2.8%. The incidence of AML with MLL rearrangement was significantly higher in therapy-related AML (t-AML) than in de novo AML (9.4% vs 2.6%, P <.0001). The frequency of MLL rearrangements was significantly higher in patients younger than 60 years (5.3% vs 0.8%, P <.0001). While the incidence of MLL rearrangements in AML M4, M5a, and M5b was 4.7%, 33.3%, and 15.9%, respectively, it was found in only 0.9% of all other French-American-British (FAB) subtypes (P <.0001). Compared with AML with intermediate karyotype, AML with 11q23/MLL rearrangement had a worse outcome, which was rather comparable with AML with unfavorable karyotype. Compared with t-AML, the median overall survival (OS) of de novo AML with MLL rearrangement was significantly better (2.5 vs 10 months, P =.0143). No significant differences in median OS were observed between cases with t(9;11) compared with all other MLL rearrangements (10.0 vs 8.9 months, P =.36). In conclusion, the category AML with 11q23/MLL abnormalities accounts for 2.8% of unselected AML, is closely associated with monocytic differentiation, and has a dismal prognosis. ( 相似文献
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An analysis of leukemic cell chromosomal features in infants 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
C H Pui S C Raimondi S B Murphy R C Ribeiro D K Kalwinsky G V Dahl W M Crist D L Williams 《Blood》1987,69(5):1289-1293
Leukemic cell chromosomal findings in 27 infants were analyzed. Among the 18 cases of acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia (ANLL), all but two were classified as monocytic or myelomonocytic. The remaining nine cases were acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), seven lacking the common ALL antigen and two having cytoplasmic immunoglobulin (pre-B phenotype). Twenty-five cases (93%) had an abnormal karyotype, 21 (84%) being pseudodiploid. Chromosomal translocations were detected in 67% of the ANLL cases and in 78% of the ALL cases. Nonrandom chromosomal abnormalities included the t(9;11)(p21-22;q23) in three cases of monocytic leukemia, inversion of chromosome 16 in three cases of myelomonocytic leukemia with bone marrow eosinophilia, and t(4;11)(q21;q23) in one case of ALL. Chromosomal regions preferentially involved in infant leukemia included 11q23-25 (13 cases), 9p21-22 and 10p11-13. All but one of the 24 cases with chromosomal breakage or rearrangement had breakpoints that corresponded to known fragile sites, half of which were at 11q23-25, a finding that may have pathogenetic importance. The CALLA- or pre-B phenotype and the presence of chromosomal translocations in most infants with ALL provide a biological explanation for their poor prognosis. 相似文献
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Andersen MK Christiansen DH Jensen BA Ernst P Hauge G Pedersen-Bjergaard J 《British journal of haematology》2001,114(3):539-543
A highly increased risk of myelodysplasia (MDS) and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is well established in patients previously treated for other malignancies with alkylating agents or topoisomerase II inhibitors. More recently, single cases of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), often presenting balanced translocations involving chromosome band 11q23, have been observed. We present two such cases with t(4;11)(q21;q23), one of whom had previously received only single-agent chemotherapy with 4-epi-doxorubicin. A review of the literature since 1992 including these two patients reveals a total of 23 cases of ALL or lymphoblastic lymphoma after chemotherapy presenting balanced translocations to 11q23. All 23 patients had previously received at least one topoisomerase II inhibitor, and in two patients 4-epi-doxorubicin had been administered as single-agent chemotherapy for breast cancer. The latency period to development of t-ALL was 24 months or less in 20 out of 22 cases. The MLL gene was found to be rearranged in 14 out of 14 cases, and in three out of six cases the breakpoint was at the telomeric part of the gene, as observed in most cases of AML following therapy with topoisomerase II inhibitors. These results indicate that patients with ALL and balanced translocations to chromosome band 11q23 following chemotherapy with topoisomerase II inhibitors in the future should be included with cases of MDS or AML in calculations of risk of leukaemia. 相似文献
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Cloning of cDNAs of the MLL gene that detect DNA rearrangements and altered RNA transcripts in human leukemic cells with 11q23 translocations.
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N R McCabe R C Burnett H J Gill M J Thirman D Mbangkollo M Kipiniak E van Melle S Ziemin-van der Poel J D Rowley M O Diaz 《Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America》1992,89(24):11794-11798