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Genetics and transcriptomes of pediatric B cell precursor leukemia with gain of chromosome 21

Down syndrome (DS, constitutive trisomy 21) children have a 27-fold increased risk of developing B-ALL (DS-ALL), face a worse outcome due to treatment-related morbidities, and an increased rate of relapses compared to other children. This highlights the need to better understand the mechanisms of DS-associated leukemogenesis to develop more adapted treatment. In this study, we characterized the genetic and transcriptomic landscapes of DS-ALL and found a high incidence of somatic mutations leading to RAS/MAPK pathway activation in DS-ALL, as seen in other pediatric B-ALL presenting somatic gains of the chromosome 21 (B-ALL+21).

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Dataset ID Description Technology Samples
EGAD00001005425 Illumina HiSeq 2000 40
EGAD00001005426 Illumina HiSeq 2000 51
Publications Citations
Constitutive Activation of RAS/MAPK Pathway Cooperates with Trisomy 21 and Is Therapeutically Exploitable in Down Syndrome B-cell Leukemia.
Clin Cancer Res 26: 2020 3307-3318
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