Gene-Environment Interactions and the Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Exploring the Role of Maternal Folate Genes and Folic Acid Fortification

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Lupo ◽  
Danielle J. Dietz ◽  
Kala Y. Kamdar ◽  
Michael E. Scheurer
Keyword(s):  
Folic Acid ◽  
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Folic Acid Fortification ◽  
Gene Environment

scholarly journals TEL/AML-1 dimerizes and is associated with a favorable outcome in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Blood ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 88 (11) ◽  
pp. 4252-4258 ◽  
Author(s):  
TW McLean ◽  
S Ringold ◽  
D Neuberg ◽  
K Stegmaier ◽  
R Tantravahi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Chromosomal Translocation ◽  
Fusion Transcript ◽  
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Childhood All ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
B Lineage

Abstract Polymerase chain reaction-based screening of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) samples showed that a TEL/AML1 fusion transcript was detected in 27% of all cases, representing the most common known gene rearrangement in childhood cancer. The TEL/AML1 fusion results from a t(12;21)(p13;q22) chromosomal translocation, but was undetectable at the routine cytogenetic level. TEL/AML1-positive patients had exclusively B-lineage ALL, and most patients were between the ages of 2 and 9 years at diagnosis. Only 3/89 (3.4%) adult ALL patients were TEL/AML1-positive. Most importantly, TEL/AML1-positive children had a significantly lower rate of relapse compared with TEL/AML1-negative patients (0/22 v 16/54, P = .004). Co- immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated that TEL/AML-1 formed homodimers in vitro, and heterodimerized with the normal TEL protein when the two proteins were expressed together. The elucidation of the precise mechanism of transformation by TEL/AML1 and the role of TEL/AML1 testing in the treatment of childhood ALL will require additional studies.

scholarly journals Family-based exome-wide association study of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia among Hispanics confirms role of ARID5B in susceptibility

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. e0180488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie P. Archer ◽  
Virginia Perez-Andreu ◽  
Ulrik Stoltze ◽  
Michael E. Scheurer ◽  
Anna V. Wilkinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Association Study ◽  
Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Family Based
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