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Finding Cancer Genes

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• CML: Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

– Asymptomatic at time of diagnosis• Abnormal white blood cell count• Stable for 3 – 5 years followed by “Blast Crisis”• Fatal within 3 – 6 months of Blast crisis

• 20% of all leukemia's• 5000 cases per year in US (compare with 180,000 lung

cancer cases)

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• CML: Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

– All CML cells harbor Philadelphia chromosome

• 1960:• Peter Nowell • David Hungerford

• Nowell P, Hungerford D. "A minute chromosome in chronic granulocytic leukemia." Science 1960;132:1497.

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• 1973:• Janet D. Rowley

• Discovered t(9;22)

• Rowley JD. "A new consistent chromosomal abnormality in chronic myelogenous leukaemia identified by quinacrine fluorescence and Giemsa staining [letter]". Nature 1973;243:290–3.

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Bcr-Abl

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Non-physiological Activation of Bcr-Abl Activation of Signaling

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c-Abl – Physiological Roles

• c-Abl is a nuclear-shuttling protein that regulates p53

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c-Abl – Physiological Roles

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c-Abl Kinase Domain Structure

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STI-571

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STI-571

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STI-571

www.cmlsupport.com

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Parametric Linkage analysis

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Fig. 1. The β-catenin protein interaction network.

Michael B. Major et al. Science 2007;316:1043-1046

Published by AAAS

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Fig. 3. WTX promotes β-catenin ubiquitination and degradation.

Michael B. Major et al. Science 2007;316:1043-1046

Published by AAAS

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Tumour Suppressors

•Example 4: REST

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Thomas F. Westbrook , Eric S. Martin , Michael R. Schlabach , Yumei Leng , Anthony C. Liang , Bin Feng , Jean J. ...

A Genetic Screen for Candidate Tumor Suppressors Identifies REST

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