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Journal of Virology, February 2004, p. 1971-1980, Vol. 78, No. 4
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.4.1971-1980.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Large-Scale Identification of Disease Genes Involved in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Stefan J. Erkeland, Marijke Valkhof, Claudia Heijmans-Antonissen, Antoinette van Hoven-Beijen, Ruud Delwel, Mirjam H. A. Hermans, and Ivo P. Touw*

Department of Hematology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 7 July 2003/ Accepted 27 October 2003

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous group of diseases in which chromosomal aberrations, small insertions or deletions, or point mutations in certain genes have profound consequences for prognosis. However, the majority of AML patients present without currently known genetic defects. Retroviral insertion mutagenesis in mice has become a powerful tool for identifying new disease genes involved in the pathogenesis of leukemia and lymphoma. Here we have used the Graffi-1.4 strain of murine leukemia virus, which causes predominantly AML, in a screen to identify novel genes involved in the pathogenesis of this disease. We report 79 candidate disease genes in common integration sites (CISs) and 15 genes whose family members previously were found to be affected in other studies. The majority of the identified sequences (60%) were not found in lymphomas and monocytic leukemias in previous screens, suggesting a specific involvement in AML. Although most of the virus integrations occurred in or near the 5' or 3' ends of the genes, suggesting deregulation of gene expression as a consequence of virus integration, 18 CISs were located exclusively within the genes, conceivably causing gene disruption.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Phone: 31-10-4087837. Fax: 31-10-4089470. E-mail: i.touw{at}erasmusmc.nl.

Journal of Virology, February 2004, p. 1971-1980, Vol. 78, No. 4
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.4.1971-1980.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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