Impact of polymorphisms in apoptosis-related genes on the outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Br J Haematol. 2019 Apr;185(1):159-162. doi: 10.1111/bjh.15415. Epub 2018 May 29.

Maria Cabezas¹, Mireia Camós^{2

3

4}, Susana Rives^{2

4

5}, Africa Garcia-Orad^{6

7}, Elixabet Lopez-Lopez⁶, Josep L Dapena⁸, María R Caballín¹, Gemma Armengol¹

¹ Unit of Biological Anthropology, Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biosciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.
² Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.
³ Haematology Laboratory, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.
⁴ National Biomedical Research Institute on Rare Diseases (CIBER ER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.
⁶ Department of Genetics, Physic Anthropology and Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain.
⁷ BioCruces Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain.
⁸ Service of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Keywords: acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; apoptosis; chemotherapy; outcome; polymorphisms.

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