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ArticleNature communications2025

A non-canonical lymphoblast in refractory childhood T-cell leukaemia.

Bram S J Lim, Holly J Whitfield, Mi K Trinh, Gianna Bloye, Rebecca Thomas, Nathaniel D Anderson, Anna Wenger, Angus Hodder, Taryn D Treger, Henry Lee-Six and 19 more

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29 authors.

Bram S J Lim *Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8763-6436
Holly J Whitfield *Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7282-387X
Mi K TrinhWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4185-0071
Gianna BloyeDepartment of Haematology, UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK.
Rebecca ThomasDepartment of Haematology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
Nathaniel D AndersonWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4523-6327
Anna WengerWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6063-5401
Angus HodderWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.
Taryn D TregerWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.
Henry Lee-SixWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4831-8088
Tim H H CoorensBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5826-3554
Conor ParksWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0240-0684
Toochi OgbonnahWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.
Petri PölönenDepartment of Pathology and Center of Excellence for Leukemia Studies, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6128-9985
Charles G MullighanDepartment of Pathology and Center of Excellence for Leukemia Studies, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1871-1850
David T TeacheyChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-8987
Jason XuPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Kai TanChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9104-5567
Melanie HagleitnerPrincess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Lennart KesterPrincess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8259-9971
Frank N van LeeuwenPrincess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1107-6513
Gordon BeattieCRUK City of London Centre Single Cell Genomics Facility, UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK.
Marc R MansourDepartment of Haematology, UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6835-3791
Owen WilliamsUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1760-6880
Jack BartramDepartment of Haematology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1573-2506
Stuart AdamsDepartment of Haematology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2650-2848
Laura JardineWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4495-8205
Sam BehjatiWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK. sb31@sanger.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6600-7665
David O'ConnorDepartment of Haematology, UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK. david.oconnor@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3542-5976

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 108413/A/15/D
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Refractory cancers may arise either through the acquisition of resistance mechanisms or represent distinct disease states. The origin of childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) that does not respond to initial treatment, i.e. refractory disease, is unknown. Refractory T-ALL carries a poor prognosis and cannot be predicted at diagnosis. Here, we perform single cell mRNA sequencing of T-ALL from 58 children (84 samples) who did, or did not respond to initial treatment. We identify a transcriptionally distinctive blast population, exhibiting features of innate-like lymphocytes, as the major source of refractory disease. Evidence of such blasts at diagnosis heralds refractory disease across independent datasets and is associated with survival in a large, contemporary trial cohort. Our findings portray refractory T-ALL as a distinct disease with the potential for immediate clinical utility.

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Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleHumansInfantMalePrognosisSingle-Cell Analysis

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PMID41224801
PMCPMC12612194

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