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Heterogeneous resistance to quizartinib in acute myeloid leukemia revealed by single-cell analysis.

Authors: Smith, Catherine C and Paguirigan, Amy and Jeschke, Grace R and Lin, Kimberly C and Massi, Evan and Tarver, Theodore and Chin, Chen-Shan and Asthana, Saurabh and Olshen, Adam and Travers, Kevin J and Wang, Susana and Levis, Mark J and Perl, Alexander E and Radich, Jerald P and Shah, Neil P

Genomic studies have revealed significant branching heterogeneity in cancer. Studies of resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy have not fully reflected this heterogeneity because resistance in individual patients has been ascribed to largely mutually exclusive on-target or off-target mechanisms in which tumors either retain dependency on the target oncogene or subvert it through a parallel pathway. Using targeted sequencing from single cells and colonies from patient samples, we demonstrate tremendous clonal diversity in the majority of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients with activating FLT3 internal tandem duplication mutations at the time of acquired resistance to the FLT3 inhibitor quizartinib. These findings establish that clinical resistance to quizartinib is highly complex and reflects the underlying clonal heterogeneity of AML.© 2017 by The American Society of Hematology.

Journal: Blood
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-04-711820
Year: 2017

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