Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Biological and therapeutic implications of a unique subtype of NPM1 mutated AML

  • Arvind Singh Mer,
  • Emily M. Heath,
  • Seyed Ali Madani Tonekaboni,
  • Nergiz Dogan-Artun,
  • Sisira Kadambat Nair,
  • Alex Murison,
  • Laura Garcia-Prat,
  • Liran Shlush,
  • Rose Hurren,
  • Veronique Voisin,
  • Gary D. Bader,
  • Corey Nislow,
  • Mattias Rantalainen,
  • Soren Lehmann,
  • Mark Gower,
  • Cynthia J. Guidos,
  • Mathieu Lupien,
  • John E. Dick,
  • Mark D. Minden,
  • Aaron D. Schimmer,
  • Benjamin Haibe-Kains

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21233-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Molecular heterogeneity of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) across patients is a major challenge for prognosis and therapy. Here, the authors show that NPM1 mutated AML is a heterogeneous class, consisting of two subtypes which exhibit distinct molecular characteristics, differentiation state, patient survival and drug response.