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Identification of TP53 as an acute lymphocytic leukemia susceptibility gene through exome sequencing.


ABSTRACT: Although acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer, genetic predisposition to ALL remains poorly understood. Whole-exome sequencing was performed in an extended kindred in which five individuals had been diagnosed with leukemia. Analysis revealed a nonsense variant of TP53 which has been previously reported in families with sarcomas and other typical Li Fraumeni syndrome-associated cancers but never in a familial leukemia kindred. This unexpected finding enabled identification of an appropriate sibling bone marrow donor and illustrates that exome sequencing will reveal atypical clinical presentations of even well-studied genes.

SUBMITTER: Powell BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3926299 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of TP53 as an acute lymphocytic leukemia susceptibility gene through exome sequencing.

Powell Bradford C BC   Jiang Lichun L   Muzny Donna M DM   Treviño Lisa R LR   Dreyer Zoann E ZE   Strong Louise C LC   Wheeler David A DA   Gibbs Richard A RA   Plon Sharon E SE  

Pediatric blood & cancer 20121219 6


Although acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer, genetic predisposition to ALL remains poorly understood. Whole-exome sequencing was performed in an extended kindred in which five individuals had been diagnosed with leukemia. Analysis revealed a nonsense variant of TP53 which has been previously reported in families with sarcomas and other typical Li Fraumeni syndrome-associated cancers but never in a familial leukemia kindred. This unexpected finding enabled identi  ...[more]

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