PAX5 fusion genes are frequent in poor risk childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and can be targeted with BIBF1120

Summary: Background: Despite intensive risk-based treatment protocols, 15% of paediatric patients with B-Cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (BCP-ALL) experience relapse. There is urgent need of novel strategies to target poor prognosis subgroups, like PAX5 translocated. Methods: We consid...

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Main Authors: Grazia Fazio, Silvia Bresolin, Daniela Silvestri, Manuel Quadri, Claudia Saitta, Elena Vendramini, Barbara Buldini, Chiara Palmi, Michela Bardini, Andrea Grioni, Silvia Rigamonti, Marta Galbiati, Stefano Mecca, Angela Maria Savino, Alberto Peloso, Jia-Wey Tu, Sanil Bhatia, Arndt Borkhardt, Concetta Micalizzi, Luca Lo Nigro, Franco Locatelli, Valentino Conter, Carmelo Rizzari, Maria Grazia Valsecchi, Geertruij te Kronnie, Andrea Biondi, Giovanni Cazzaniga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:EBioMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396422004066