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Article

Publication Date

9-1-2021

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This article is the author’s final published version in Genes, Volume 12, Issue 9, September 2021, Article number 1355.

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12091355.

Copyright © Porazzi et al.

Publication made possible in part by support from the Jefferson Open Access Fund


Abstract

Ph+ ALL is a poor-prognosis leukemia subtype driven by the BCR-ABL1 oncogene, either the p190-or the p210-BCR/ABL isoform in a 70:30 ratio. Tyrosine Kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are the drugs of choice in the therapy of Ph+ ALL. In combination with standard chemotherapy, TKIs have markedly improved the outcome of Ph+ ALL, in particular if this treatment is followed by bone marrow transplantation. However, resistance to TKIs develops with high frequency, causing leukemia relapse that results in

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