Genomic analyses identify recurrent MEF2D fusions in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Genomic analyses identify recurrent MEF2D fusions in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is characterized by chromosomal rearrangements. Here, the authors carry out RNA-sequencing on a large cohort of patients and identify recurrent rearrangements of MEF2D, which lead to increased transcriptional activity of the gene, and cellular transformation in vitro.

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Main Authors: Zhaohui Gu, Michelle Churchman, Kathryn Roberts, Yongjin Li, Yu Liu, Richard C. Harvey, Kelly McCastlain, Shalini C. Reshmi, Debbie Payne-Turner, Ilaria Iacobucci, Ying Shao, I-Ming Chen, Marcus Valentine, Deqing Pei, Karen L. Mungall, Andrew J. Mungall, Yussanne Ma, Richard Moore, Marco Marra, Eileen Stonerock, Julie M. Gastier-Foster, Meenakshi Devidas, Yunfeng Dai, Brent Wood, Michael Borowitz, Eric E. Larsen, Kelly Maloney, Leonard A. Mattano Jr, Anne Angiolillo, Wanda L. Salzer, Michael J. Burke, Francesca Gianni, Orietta Spinelli, Jerald P. Radich, Mark D. Minden, Anthony V. Moorman, Bella Patel, Adele K. Fielding, Jacob M. Rowe, Selina M. Luger, Ravi Bhatia, Ibrahim Aldoss, Stephen J. Forman, Jessica Kohlschmidt, Krzysztof Mrózek, Guido Marcucci, Clara D. Bloomfield, Wendy Stock, Steven Kornblau, Hagop M. Kantarjian, Marina Konopleva, Elisabeth Paietta, Cheryl L. Willman, Mignon L. Loh, Stephen P. Hunger, Charles G. Mullighan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13331

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