Authors: Michele Tanturli, Serena Giuntoli, Valentina Barbetti, Elisabetta Rovida, Persio Dello Sbarba
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017008
Abstract Summary
Severe hypoxia selects for chronic myeloid leukemia stem cells that resist both targeted therapy and proteasome inhibition. Researchers found that hypoxia-adapted CML stem cells from patients showed complete resistance to Bortezomib, mimicking the oxygen-poor bone marrow niches where these cells hide in vivo and sustain minimal residual disease.
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Hypoxia in bone marrow selects for chronic myeloid leukemia stem cells resistant to both targeted therapy and proteasome inhibitors, explaining treatment failure and disease relapse in protected niches.
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