Biological significance of monoallelic and biallelic BIRC3 loss in del(11q) chronic lymphocytic leukemia progression

Abstract BIRC3 is monoallelically deleted in up to 80% of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cases harboring del(11q). In addition, truncating mutations in the remaining allele of this gene can lead to BIRC3 biallelic inactivation, which has been shown to be a marker for reduced survival in CLL. Nev...

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Main Authors: Miguel Quijada-Álamo, María Hernández-Sánchez, Ana-Eugenia Rodríguez-Vicente, Claudia Pérez-Carretero, Alberto Rodríguez-Sánchez, Marta Martín-Izquierdo, Verónica Alonso-Pérez, Ignacio García-Tuñón, José María Bastida, María Jesús Vidal-Manceñido, Josefina Galende, Carlos Aguilar, José Antonio Queizán, Isabel González-Gascón y Marín, José-Ángel Hernández-Rivas, Rocío Benito, José Luis Ordóñez, Jesús-María Hernández-Rivas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Blood Cancer Journal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41408-021-00520-5