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SUBMITTER: Vendramini E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5522075 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vendramini Elena E Giordan Marco M Giarin Emanuela E Michielotto Barbara B Fazio Grazia G Cazzaniga Gianni G Biondi Andrea A Silvestri Daniela D Valsecchi Maria Grazia MG Muckenthaler Martina U MU Kulozik Andreas E AE Gattei Valter V Izraeli Shai S Basso Giuseppe G Te Kronnie Geertruy G Te Kronnie Geertruy G
Oncotarget 20170601 26
ERG-related leukemia is a B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP ALL) subtype characterized by aberrant expression of DUX4 and ERG transcription factors, and highly recurrent ERG intragenic deletions. ERG-related patients have remarkably favorable outcome despite a high incidence of inauspicious IKZF1 aberrations.We describe clinical and genomic features of the ERG-related cases in an unselected cohort of B-other BCP ALL pediatric patients enrolled in the AIEOP ALL 2000 therapeutic p ...[more]