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SUBMITTER: Jimenez C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7299825 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jiménez Cristina C Chan Gloria G GG Xu Lian L Tsakmaklis Nickolas N Kofides Amanda A Demos Maria G MG Chen Jiaji J Liu Xia X Munshi Manit M Yang Guang G Castillo Jorge J JJ Wiestner Adrian A García-Sanz Ramón R Treon Steven P SP Hunter Zachary R ZR
British journal of haematology 20200227 6
Ibrutinib is highly active in Waldenström macroglobulinaemia (WM) patients, but disease progression can occur due to acquired mutations in BTK, the target of ibrutinib, or PLCG2, the protein downstream of BTK. However, not all resistant patients harbour these alterations. We have performed a whole-exome sequencing study to identify alternative molecular mechanisms that can drive ibrutinib resistance. Our findings include deletions on chromosomes 6q, including homozygous deletions, and 8p, which ...[more]