MLL-AF9-mediated immortalization of human hematopoietic cells along different lineages changes during ontogeny

Leukemia

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1116-1126

  Horton, S J ^a,c   Jaques, J ^a   Woolthuis, C ^a   Van Dijk, J ^a   Mesuraca, M ^b   Huls, G ^a   Morrone, G ^b   Vellenga, E ^a   Schuringa, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cell of origin; cord blood versus bone marrow CD34+ cells; human leukemia models; mixed lineage leukemia; MLL AF9

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN;

AF9 GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINEAGE; FUSION GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA; MLL GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD14; ANTIGENS, CD15; ANTIGENS, CD19; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MICE; MICE, SCID; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 84877314418     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/leu.2012.343     Document Type: Article

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