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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Becker PS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3259714 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
TheScientificWorldJournal 20120104
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells home to the endosteal region of the bone marrow. They interact with bone marrow stromal components including extracellular matrix proteins, glycosaminoglycans, and stromal cells, by which they derive proliferative and growth inhibitory signals. Furthermore, adhesion to marrow stroma confers chemotherapy drug resistance and thereby promotes leukemia survival. A subpopulation of the leukemic blasts, known as leukemia stem cells, that are capable of propagating th ...[more]