Cellular barcoding as a tool to investigate the clonal complexity and evolution of ALL
AK Elder, O Heidenreich, HJ Vormoor · Klinische Pädiatrie · 2015 · Heft 07
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There remains some controversy over the applicability of cancer stem cell models to acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Recent data suggest that the propagating compartment undergoes a clonal evolution process, leading to the co-existence of several different subclones. We aim to provide a comprehensive picture of the clonal complexity and evolution of patient-derived ALL samples engrafted into mice by individually marking leukaemia cells with heritable genetic markers. We demonstrate that a substantial number of leukaemic cells have the potential to engraft NSG mice and propagate the leukaemia and that clonal comple…