Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37941480›Full record

ArticleHaematologica2024

Targeting hyperactive platelet-derived growth factor receptor-β signaling in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoma.

Stien De Coninck, Renate De Smedt, Beatrice Lintermans, Lindy Reunes, Hansen J Kosasih, Alexandra Reekmans, Lauren M Brown, Nadine Van Roy, Bruno Palhais, Juliette Roels and 11 more

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Haematologica, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. [Clinical analysis of 7 cases of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia withZhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Roles of PDGF/PDGFR signaling in various organs.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2025
    Review
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Stien De ConinckLab of Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent.
Renate De SmedtLab of Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent.
Beatrice LintermansLab of Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent.
Lindy ReunesLab of Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent.
Hansen J KosasihChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, NSW, Australia; School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
Alexandra ReekmansLab of Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent.
Lauren M BrownChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, NSW, Australia; School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
Nadine Van RoyCancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Lab for Translational Oncogenomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Pediatric Precision Oncology Lab, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent.
Bruno PalhaisLab of Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent.
Juliette RoelsLab of Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent.
Malaika Van der LindenCancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Pathology, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent.
Jo Van DorpeCancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Pathology, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent.
Panagiotis NtziachristosCancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent.
Frederik W Van DelftWolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Marc R MansourDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer, Institute of Child Health, University College London.
Tim PietersCancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent.
Tim LammensCancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent.
Barbara De MoerlooseCancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent.
Charles E De BockChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, NSW, Australia; School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
Steven GoossensCancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Unit for Translational Research in Oncology, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent. steven.goossens@ugent.be.
Pieter Van VlierbergheLab of Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent.
Cancer Research Institute Ghent · BEGhent University · BEGhent University Hospital · BEUNSW Sydney · AUNewcastle University · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL) are rare aggressive hematologic malignancies. Current treatment consists of intensive chemotherapy leading to 80% overall survival but is associated with severe toxic side effects. Furthermore, 10-20% of patients still die from relapsed or refractory disease providing a strong rationale for more specific, targeted therapeutic strategies with less toxicities. Here, we report a novel MYH9::PDGFRB fusion in a T-LBL patient, and demonstrate that this fusion product is constitutively active and sufficient to drive oncogenic transformation in vitro and in vivo. Expanding our analysis more broadly across T-ALL, we found a T-ALL cell line and multiple patient-derived xenograft models with PDGFRB hyperactivation in the absence of a fusion, with high PDGFRB expression in TLX3 and HOXA T-ALL molecular subtypes. To target this PDGFRB hyperactivation, we evaluated the therapeutic effects of a selective PDGFRB inhibitor, CP-673451, both in vitro and in vivo and demonstrated sensitivity if the receptor is hyperactivated. Altogether, our work reveals that hyperactivation of PDGFRB is an oncogenic driver in T-ALL/T-LBL, and that screening T-ALL/T-LBL patients for phosphorylated PDGFRB levels can serve as a biomarker for PDGFRB inhibition as a novel targeted therapeutic strategy in their treatment regimen.

Indexed as

Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaReceptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor betaSignal TransductionAnimalsCell Line, TumorDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceMolecular Targeted TherapyMyosin Heavy ChainsOncogene Proteins, FusionProtein Kinase InhibitorsXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysMYH9 protein, humanMyosin Heavy ChainsOncogene Proteins, FusionPDGFRB protein, humanProtein Kinase InhibitorsReceptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta

Identifiers

PMID37941480
PMCPMC11063843
OpenAlexW4388536825

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.