The NOTCH1-MYC highway toward T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Blood

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1124-1133

  Sanchez Martin, Marta ^a   Ferrando, Adolfo ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; MYC PROTEIN; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA CELL; LYMPHOBLAST; ONCOGENE MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T CELL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MUTATION; PRECURSOR T-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RECEPTOR, NOTCH1;

EID: 85014911930     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-09-692582     Document Type: Review

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