Abstract:Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is characterised by the t(15;17)(q22;q21) leading to fusion of PML to the gene encoding the myeloid transcription factor Retinoic Acid Receptor α (RARα). Chromosomal translocations such as the t(15;17) are considered to be initiating events in leukemogenesis; however, sequencing of APL genomes has provided further evidence that the PML-RARα fusion is insufficient to induce leukemia, which depends upon the acquisition of cooperating mutations. The PML-RARα oncoprotein exerts a… Show more
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