Journal: Leukemia
Article Title: Genomic Characterization of High-Count MBL Cases Indicates that Early Detection of Driver Mutations and Subclonal Expansion are Predictors of Adverse Clinical Outcome
doi: 10.1038/leu.2016.172
Figure Lengend Snippet: A) Heatmap of mutation distributions in the MBL cohort. Rows and columns represent genes and individuals, respectively. Black boxes indicate mutations (white numbers inside the black boxes indicate the number of mutations found in cases with more than one mutation per gene). IGHV mutation status and FISH data are shown below the mutation profiles. B) Mutation prevalence comparison between 48 MBL and 48 CLL with progressive disease analyzed using the same gene platform and similar sequencing depth coverage (CLL data published by Ojha et al. ).
Article Snippet: We have confirmed the existence of mutations in CLL driver genes in over 50% of cases at the premalignant MBL stage and in 60% of MBLs that ultimately progressed to intermediate/advanced Rai stage.
Techniques: Mutagenesis, Comparison, Sequencing