BCL6-mediated repression of p53 is critical for leukemia stem cell survival in chronic myeloid leukemia
Hurtz C, Hatzi K, Cerchietti L, Braig M, Park E, Kim YM, Herzog S, Ramezani-Rad P, Jumaa H, Müller MC, Hofmann WK, Hochhaus A, Ye BH, Agarwal A, Druker BJ, Shah NP, Melnick AM, Müschen M. BCL6-mediated repression of p53 is critical for leukemia stem cell survival in chronic myeloid leukemia. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2011, 208: 2163-2174. PMID: 21911423, PMCID: PMC3201200, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20110304.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, CD34BenzamidesCell SurvivalDisease Models, AnimalDNA-Binding ProteinsForkhead Transcription FactorsHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansImatinib MesylateLeukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL PositiveMiceMice, Inbred NODMice, KnockoutMice, SCIDNeoplasm TransplantationNeoplastic Stem CellsPiperazinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6PyrimidinesTumor Cells, CulturedTumor Suppressor Protein p53ConceptsChronic myeloid leukemiaLeukemia-initiating cellsCML-initiating cellsTyrosine kinase inhibitorsTKI treatmentCML patientsMyeloid leukemiaCML cellsInhibition of BCL6Leukemia stem cell survivalLeukemia initiationHuman CML cellsColony formationBCR-ABL1 tyrosine kinaseInitiation of leukemiaTransplant recipientsBlast crisis transformationRepression of p53Pharmacological inhibitionStem cell survivalCML samplesLeukemiaClinical validationKinase inhibitorsBCL6