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Clonal evolution in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia developing resistance to BTK inhibition

Authors :
Jan A. Burger
Dan A. Landau
Amaro Taylor-Weiner
Ivana Bozic
Huidan Zhang
Kristopher Sarosiek
Lili Wang
Chip Stewart
Jean Fan
Julia Hoellenriegel
Mariela Sivina
Adrian M. Dubuc
Cameron Fraser
Yulong Han
Shuqiang Li
Kenneth J. Livak
Lihua Zou
Youzhong Wan
Sergej Konoplev
Carrie Sougnez
Jennifer R. Brown
Lynne V. Abruzzo
Scott L. Carter
Michael J. Keating
Matthew S. Davids
William G. Wierda
Kristian Cibulskis
Thorsten Zenz
Lillian Werner
Paola Dal Cin
Peter Kharchencko
Donna Neuberg
Hagop Kantarjian
Eric Lander
Stacey Gabriel
Susan O’Brien
Anthony Letai
David A. Weitz
Martin A. Nowak
Gad Getz
Catherine J. Wu
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2016.

Abstract

The BTK inhibitor ibrutinib is used to treat chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, however some patients develop resistance to the drug. Here, the authors use genomic analyses to examine the clonal evolution of 5 patients that develop resistance to ibrutinib.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
7
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.31a1991cd4d64583af26755ec24a7d52
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11589