BCR-ABL DERIVED PEPTIDE VACCINES FOR CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA


Submitted: 10 January 2012
Accepted: 10 January 2012
Published: 10 January 2012
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  • M. Bocchia Ematology and Transplant Unit, Dept. of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Sciences, University of Siena, Italy.
  • M. Ippoliti Ematology and Transplant Unit, Dept. of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Sciences, University of Siena, Italy.
  • M. Defina Ematology and Transplant Unit, Dept. of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Sciences, University of Siena, Italy.
  • A. Gozzetti Ematology and Transplant Unit, Dept. of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Sciences, University of Siena, Italy.
  • I. Chitarrelli Ematology and Transplant Unit, Dept. of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Sciences, University of Siena, Italy.
  • F. Lauria Ematology and Transplant Unit, Dept. of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Sciences, University of Siena, Italy.
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative pluripotent stem cell disorder characterized by the presence of a cytogenetic hallmark, the Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome, and accounts for 15% of adult leukemias. The disease progresses from a chronic phase through an accelerated phase to a blast phase and its natural course accounts for a median 4 years survival1. The Ph chromosome is derived by a reciprocal translocation termed t(9;22) in which the c-abl oncogene has moved from chromosome 9 into the breakpoint cluster region (bcr), within the bcr gene on chromosome 22, resulting in a chimeric bcr-abl fusion gene that encodes a 210 KD protein (p210) with constitutive tyrosine kinase activity. Two major alternative chimeric p210 can result from this fusion gene: p210-b2a2 where the junction occurs between bcr exon 2 (b2) and abl exon 2 (a2) and p210-b3a2 where the the junction occurs between bcr exon 3 (b3) and abl exon 2 (a2. About 40% of CML patients harbor the p210-b2a2 and about 60% of them show the p210-b3a2.

Bocchia, M., Ippoliti, M., Defina, M., Gozzetti, A., Chitarrelli, I., & Lauria, F. (2012). BCR-ABL DERIVED PEPTIDE VACCINES FOR CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA. Journal of the Siena Academy of Sciences, 1(1), 11–14. https://doi.org/10.4081/jsas.2009.328

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