Activation-induced cytidine deaminase acts as a mutator in BCR-ABL1–transformed acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells
Feldhahn N, Henke N, Melchior K, Duy C, Soh BN, Klein F, von Levetzow G, Giebel B, Li A, Hofmann WK, Jumaa H, Müschen M. Activation-induced cytidine deaminase acts as a mutator in BCR-ABL1–transformed acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2007, 204: 1157-1166. PMID: 17485517, PMCID: PMC2118573, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20062662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBase SequenceBlotting, WesternB-LymphocytesCytidine DeaminaseDNA Mutational AnalysisDNA-Binding ProteinsFlow CytometryFusion Proteins, bcr-ablGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenes, mycHumansImmunoglobulin Variable RegionMolecular Sequence DataMutationOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOligonucleotidesPhiladelphia ChromosomePrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA InterferenceSequence AlignmentConceptsAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaBCR-ABL1BCR-ABL1 kinaseUnfavorable prognosisActivation-induced cytidine deaminaseAcute lymphoblastic leukemia cellsAID expressionAberrant AID expressionBCR-ABL1 kinase activityIgH V region genesTumor suppressor gene CDKN2BGerminal center B cellsLymphoblastic leukemia cellsB cell precursorsImmunoglobulin heavy chain variable region genesLymphoblastic leukemiaLeukemia subsetsB cellsDNA single-strand breaksPH casesPhiladelphia chromosomeHeavy chain variable region genesAberrant expressionCell precursorsChain variable region genes