Journal of International Oncology ›› 2015, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 316-318.doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2015.04.021

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Ikaros and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Department of Central laboratory, Jiangxi Provincial Children′s Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China   

  1. Li Hong, Email: icemade@hotmail.com
  • Online:2015-04-08 Published:2015-04-22

Abstract: Ikaros is a regulatory factor playing an important role in control of the development of hematopoietic cells and immune system; and as a tumor suppressor,  its aberration can cause both T and B lineage development arrest and neoplastic transformation, leading to insensitive to therapy and poor prognosis in actue lymphoblastic leukemia. Recently, researches on how Ikaros affects the leukemogenesis and prognosis  become the focus of attention.

Key words: Transcription factor, Ikaros, Leukemia, Prognosis