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ReviewHematology/oncology clinics of North America2025

The Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Epigenome: A Powerful and Stable Framework for Understanding Biological and Clinical Heterogeneity.

Antonio Perez-Castro, Lynne V Abruzzo, Christopher C Oakes

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Review in Hematology/oncology clinics of North America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Antonio Perez-CastroThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Lynne V AbruzzoPathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425-9080, USA.
Christopher C OakesThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. Electronic address: christopher.oakes@osumc.edu.

Funding

The genetic and epigenetic etiology of progression from the precursor state to chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)R01CA258465 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI BRAGGIO, ESTEBAN, OAKES, CHRISTOPHER C. · 2022 to 2025
$4.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA258465
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review explores how epigenetic information, and in particular DNA methylation-based "epitypes," enhances our understanding of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) biology and prognosis. Epitypes correlate with B-cell maturation stages and outperform traditional biomarkers like immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region mutation status in predicting outcomes. The stability and specificity of CLL epigenetic patterns offer insights into disease history, risk stratification, and treatment response, even amid evolving therapeutic landscape. Emerging epigenetic signatures, including proliferative indices, further refine patient classification and outcome prediction, underscoring the potential clinical utility of integrating epigenetic data in CLL management.

Indexed as

DNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomeGene Expression Regulation, LeukemicLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellBiomarkers, TumorHumansMutationPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorB cell receptor (BCR)BiomarkersChronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)DNA methylationEpigeneticsGerminal center (GC)Immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region genes

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PMID40628614
PMCPMC13650674

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