BCL6-Mediated Survival Signaling Promotes Drug-Resistance in BCRABL1- Driven Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Duy C, Yu J, Cerchietti L, Klemm L, Nahar R, Kim Y, Heisterkamp N, Martinelli G, Hofmann W, Jumaa H, Melnick A, Ye B, Muschen M. BCL6-Mediated Survival Signaling Promotes Drug-Resistance in BCRABL1- Driven Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Blood 2008, 112: 295. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v112.11.295.295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaGerminal center B cellsImatinib treatmentBCR-ABL1Bone marrowB cellsLymphoblastic leukemiaHuman BCR-ABL1NOD/SCID miceFunction of Bcl6Inhibition of BCL6Low-dose imatinibBCL6 expressionLeukemia cellsP53 signalingProtein levelsCombination of imatinibGerminal center B cell survivalTail vein injectionNovel treatment conceptsTranscriptional repressor BCL6B cell survivalLow proliferation rateRecipient miceSCID mice