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ArticleScientific reports2020

The bone marrow microenvironment of pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia at single-cell resolution.

Denise Anderson, Patrycja Skut, Anastasia M Hughes, Emanuela Ferrari, Jennifer Tickner, Jiake Xu, Benjamin H Mullin, Dave Tang, Sébastien Malinge, Ursula R Kees and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Denise AndersonTelethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Patrycja SkutTelethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Anastasia M HughesTelethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Emanuela FerrariTelethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Jennifer TicknerSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Jiake XuSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Benjamin H MullinSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Dave TangDivision of Genomic Technologies, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Yokohama, Japan.
Sébastien MalingeTelethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Ursula R KeesTelethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Rishi S KotechaTelethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Timo LassmannTelethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Laurence C CheungTelethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia. laurence.cheung@telethonkids.org.au.
University of Western Australia · AUThe Kids Research Institute Australia · AUCurtin University · AUSir Charles Gairdner Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bone marrow microenvironment (BMM) plays a key role in leukemia progression, but its molecular complexity in pre-B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), the most common cancer in children, remains poorly understood. To gain further insight, we used single-cell RNA sequencing to characterize the kinetics of the murine BMM during B-ALL progression. Normal pro- and pre-B cells were found to be the most affected at the earliest stages of disease and this was associated with changes in expression of genes regulated by the AP1-transcription factor complex and regulatory factors NELFE, MYC and BCL11A. Granulocyte-macrophage progenitors show reduced expression of the tumor suppressor long non-coding RNA Neat1 and disruptions in the rate of transcription. Intercellular communication networks revealed monocyte-dendritic precursors to be consistently active during B-ALL progression, with enriched processes including cytokine-mediated signaling pathway, neutrophil-mediated immunity and regulation of cell migration and proliferation. In addition, we confirmed that the hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell compartment was perturbed during leukemogenesis. These findings extend our understanding of the complexity of changes and molecular interactions among the normal cells of the BMM during B-ALL progression.

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Tumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsB-LymphocytesBone MarrowBone Marrow CellsDisease ProgressionMicePrecursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycRepressor ProteinsBcl11a protein, mouseMyc protein, mouseProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycRepressor Proteins

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PMID33154494
PMCPMC7645756
OpenAlexW3096331115

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