Clonal Evolution and Blast Crisis Correlate with Enhanced Proteolytic Activity of Separase in BCR-ABL b3a2 Fusion Type CML under Imatinib Therapy.

Unbalanced (major route) additional cytogenetic aberrations (ACA) at diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) indicate an increased risk of progression and shorter survival. Moreover, newly arising ACA under imatinib treatment and clonal evolution are considered features of acceleration and defin...

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Main Authors: Wiltrud Haaß, Helga Kleiner, Christel Weiß, Claudia Haferlach, Brigitte Schlegelberger, Martin C Müller, Rüdiger Hehlmann, Wolf-Karsten Hofmann, Alice Fabarius, Wolfgang Seifarth, Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Klinische Krebsforschung, German CML Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4472749?pdf=render