Chaudhury, S. et al. (2018) Age-specific biological and molecular profiling distinguishes paediatric from adult acute myeloid leukaemias. Nature Communications, 9, 5280. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07584-1) (PMID:30538250) (PMCID:PMC6290074)
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Abstract
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) affects children and adults of all ages. AML remains one of the major causes of death in children with cancer and for children with AML relapse is the most common cause of death. Here, by modelling AML in vivo we demonstrate that AML is discriminated by the age of the cell of origin. Young cells give rise to myeloid, lymphoid or mixed phenotype acute leukaemia, whereas adult cells give rise exclusively to AML, with a shorter latency. Unlike adult, young AML cells do not remodel the bone marrow stroma. Transcriptional analysis distinguishes young AML by the upregulation of immune pathways. Analysis of human paediatric AML samples recapitulates a paediatric immune cell interaction gene signature, highlighting two genes, RGS10 and FAM26F as prognostically significant. This work advances our understanding of paediatric AML biology, and provides murine models that offer the potential for developing paediatric specific therapeutic strategies.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Prendergast, Dr Aine and Silvestre, Ms Joana and Chaudhury, Dr Shahzya and Johnston, Dr Pamela and Keeshan, Dr Karen and Gibson, Professor Brenda and Sarrou, Evgenia and O'Connor, Ms Caitriona and Canete Sanchez, Mrs Ana Elodia |
Authors: | Chaudhury, S., O'Connor, C., Cañete, A., Bittencourt-Silvestre, J., Sarrou, E., Prendergast, Á., Choi, J., Johnston, P., Wells, C. A., Gibson, B., and Keeshan, K. |
College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cancer Sciences College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
Journal Name: | Nature Communications |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
ISSN (Online): | 2041-1723 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2018 The Authors |
First Published: | First published in Nature Communications 9: 5280 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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