Same mutation ≠ same leukemia.
Wagenblast et al. show:
• fetal HSCs readily transform
• postnatal HSCs become resistant
• fetal programs create targetable vulnerabilities
Ontogeny matters: state-of-origin shapes biology & therapy response.
doi.org/10.1158/2159...
#pediatric #AML #stemcells
AbstractAccumulating evidence links pediatric cancers to prenatal transformation events, yet the influence of the developmental stage on oncogenesis remains elusive. We investigated how hematopoietic ...