NT5C2 germline variants alter thiopurine metabolism and are associated with acquired NT5C2 relapse mutations in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Morten Tulstrup, Marie Grosjean, Stine Nygaard Nielsen, Kathrine Grell, Benjamin Ole Wolthers, Peder Skov Wegener, Olafur Gisli Jonsson, Bendik Lund, Arja Harila-Saari, Jonas Abrahamsson, Goda Vaitkeviciene, Kaie Pruunsild, Nina Toft, Mette Holm, Erik Hulegårdh, Sigurd Liestøl, Laimonas Griskevicius, Mari Punab, Jinhua Wang, William L CarrollZeyu Zhang, Marlene D Dalgaard, Ramneek Gupta, Jacob Nersting, Kjeld Schmiegelow

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Abstract

The antileukaemic drug 6-mercaptopurine is converted into thioguanine nucleotides (TGN) and incorporated into DNA (DNA-TG), the active end metabolite. In a series of genome-wide association studies, we analysed time-weighted means (
Original languageEnglish
JournalLeukemia
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2018

Other keywords

  • Bráðahvítblæði
  • Börn
  • Lyfjameðferð
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
  • Drug Therapy

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