Loss of Ikaros DNA-binding function confers integrin-dependent survival on pre-B cells and progression to acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Nature Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 294-304

  Joshi, Ila ^a   Yoshida, Toshimi ^a   Jena, Nilamani ^b   Qi, Xiaoqing ^a   Zhang, Jiangwen ^c   Van Etten, Richard A ^b,d   Georgopoulos, Katia ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRECURSOR CELLS, B-LYMPHOID;

EID: 84894504942     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2821     Document Type: Article

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