Ash A. Alizadeh, MD/PhD
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Association of a leukemic stem cell gene expression signature with clinical outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia.
JAMA. 2010; (24): 2706-15
In many cancers, specific subpopulations of cells appear to be uniquely capable of initiating and maintaining tumors. The strongest support for this cancer stem cell model comes from transplantation assays in immunodeficient mice, which indicate that human acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is driven by self-renewing leukemic stem cells (LSCs). This model has significant implications for the development of novel therapies, but its clinical relevance has yet to be determined.
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