Abstract:Although prognosis has improved for children with T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), 20-30% of patients undergo induction failure (IF) or relapse. Leukemia-initiating cells (L-ICs) are hypothesized to be resistant to chemotherapy and to mediate relapse. We and others have shown that Notch1 directly regulates c-Myc and c-Myc is a known regulator of quiescence in stem and progenitor populations, leading us to examine whether c-Myc inhibition results in efficient targeting of T-ALL-initiating cells. We … Show more
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