2015
Targeting of Quiescent and Proliferating CML Stem Cells By DNA Repair Inhibitors
Sullivan K, Bolton-Gillespie E, Nieborowska-Skorska M, Cerny-Reiterer S, Valent P, Muschen M, Pomerantz R, Mazin A, Skorski T. Targeting of Quiescent and Proliferating CML Stem Cells By DNA Repair Inhibitors. Blood 2015, 126: 50. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v126.23.50.50.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuiescent leukemia stem cellsLeukemia stem cellsTyrosine kinase inhibitorsChronic myeloid leukemiaCML cellsBCR-ABL1Myeloid leukemiaAnti-leukemia effectSimultaneous targetingCML leukemia stem cellsNew treatment modalitiesPARP1 inhibitorsCML stem cellsNormal counterpartsDouble knockout miceAdditional chromosomal aberrationsTKI-resistant BCRStem cellsBristol-Myers SquibbTKI therapyDisease relapseChronic phaseGood respondersCML patientsTreatment modalities
2014
BACH2 promotes Lineage-Specific Fate Decisions in BCR-ABL1-Driven Leukemia
Park E, Swaminathan S, Sadiyah M, Igarashi K, Melnick A, Muschen M. BACH2 promotes Lineage-Specific Fate Decisions in BCR-ABL1-Driven Leukemia. Blood 2014, 124: 513. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v124.21.513.513.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLymphoid blast crisisFate decisionsB-cell lineageCML-like diseaseCell lineagesTumor suppressorCML cellsBCR-ABL1Transcription factorsTransplant recipientsLineage-specific transcription factorsChronic phaseB-cell-specific transcription factorCell-specific transcription factorsBlast crisisPre-B cell receptor checkpointB-cell lineage leukemiaPrimary human CML cellsRole of Bach2Multi-lineage progenitor cellsEmpty vector controlGene expression analysisSelective proliferative advantagePotent tumor suppressorCML chronic phase
2013
Normal ABL1 Is a Tumor Suppressor and Therapeutic Target In BCR-ABL1–positive Leukemias
Dasgupta Y, Koptyra M, Nieborowska-Skorska M, Gillespie E, Stoklosa T, Hoser G, Wasik M, Muschen M, Richardson C, Skorski T. Normal ABL1 Is a Tumor Suppressor and Therapeutic Target In BCR-ABL1–positive Leukemias. Blood 2013, 122: 1466. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v122.21.1466.1466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLeukemia stem cellsCML-CPBCR-ABL1Myeloid differentiationCML blast phaseTumor suppressorEffect of imatinibChronic myeloid leukemiaNovel therapeutic strategiesABL1 kinaseHigher clonogenic activityPositive CML cellsStem cellsBCR-ABL1 kinaseImatinib-treated cellsPotential tumor suppressorChronic phaseCML treatmentLSC compartmentMyeloid leukemiaSCID miceCML CD34Blastic transformationOxidative DNA damageT315I mutation