Assembling defenses against therapy-resistant leukemic stem cells: Bcl6 joins the ranks

作者:Pellicano Francesca; Holyoake Tessa L*
来源:Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2011, 208(11): 2155-2158.
DOI:10.1084/jem.20112087

摘要

The resistance of leukemic stem cells in response to targeted therapies such as tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) relies on the cooperative activity of multiple signaling pathways and molecules, including TGF beta, AKT, and FOXO transcription factors (TFs). B cell lymphoma 6 (BCL6) is a transcriptional repressor whose translocation or mutation is associated with diffuse large BCL. New data now show that BCL6 is critical for the maintenance of leukemias driven by the BCR-ABL translocation (Philadelphia chromosome), suggesting that BCL6 is a novel, targetable member of the complex signaling pathways critical for leukemic stem cell survival.

  • 出版日期2011-10-24