Nature Communications (May 2021)

Clonal evolution and clinical implications of genetic abnormalities in blastic transformation of chronic myeloid leukaemia

  • Yotaro Ochi,
  • Kenichi Yoshida,
  • Ying-Jung Huang,
  • Ming-Chung Kuo,
  • Yasuhito Nannya,
  • Ko Sasaki,
  • Kinuko Mitani,
  • Noriko Hosoya,
  • Nobuhiro Hiramoto,
  • Takayuki Ishikawa,
  • Susan Branford,
  • Naranie Shanmuganathan,
  • Kazuma Ohyashiki,
  • Naoto Takahashi,
  • Tomoiku Takaku,
  • Shun Tsuchiya,
  • Nobuhiro Kanemura,
  • Nobuhiko Nakamura,
  • Yasunori Ueda,
  • Satoshi Yoshihara,
  • Rabindranath Bera,
  • Yusuke Shiozawa,
  • Lanying Zhao,
  • June Takeda,
  • Yosaku Watatani,
  • Rurika Okuda,
  • Hideki Makishima,
  • Yuichi Shiraishi,
  • Kenichi Chiba,
  • Hiroko Tanaka,
  • Masashi Sanada,
  • Akifumi Takaori-Kondo,
  • Satoru Miyano,
  • Seishi Ogawa,
  • Lee-Yung Shih

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23097-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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In chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), the drivers of blast crisis and resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors are not fully characterised. Here, the authors analyse a cohort of CML samples with genomic technologies and find that at least one driver alteration is associated with progression and worse prognosis.