Eliminating chronic myeloid leukemia stem cells by IRAK1/4 inhibitors

Leukemic stem cells (LSCs) in chronic myeloid leukemia are resistant to imatinib and therefore are a cause of relapse. The authors show that IRAK1/4-NF-κB-PD-L1 signaling is critical to mediate imatinib resistance in LSCs and that combining imatinib with blocking this signalling pathway can eliminat...

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Main Authors: Yosuke Tanaka, Reina Takeda, Tsuyoshi Fukushima, Keiko Mikami, Shun Tsuchiya, Moe Tamura, Keito Adachi, Terumasa Umemoto, Shuhei Asada, Naoki Watanabe, Soji Morishita, Misa Imai, Masayoshi Nagata, Marito Araki, Hitoshi Takizawa, Tomofusa Fukuyama, Chrystelle Lamagna, Esteban S. Masuda, Ryoji Ito, Susumu Goyama, Norio Komatsu, Tomoiku Takaku, Toshio Kitamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27928-8