Aggressive natural killer-cell leukemia mutational landscape and drug profiling highlight JAK-STAT signaling as therapeutic target

Aggressive natural killer-cell leukemia (ANKL) has few targeted therapies. Here ANKL patients are reported to harbor STAT3, RAS-MAPK pathway, DDX3X and epigenetic modifier mutations; and drug sensitivity profiling uncovers the importance of the JAK-STAT pathway, revealing potential ANKL therapeutic...

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Main Authors: Olli Dufva, Matti Kankainen, Tiina Kelkka, Nodoka Sekiguchi, Shady Adnan Awad, Samuli Eldfors, Bhagwan Yadav, Heikki Kuusanmäki, Disha Malani, Emma I Andersson, Paavo Pietarinen, Leena Saikko, Panu E. Kovanen, Teija Ojala, Dean A. Lee, Thomas P. Loughran, Hideyuki Nakazawa, Junji Suzumiya, Ritsuro Suzuki, Young Hyeh Ko, Won Seog Kim, Shih-Sung Chuang, Tero Aittokallio, Wing C. Chan, Koichi Ohshima, Fumihiro Ishida, Satu Mustjoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03987-2