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Journal Article
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
2017
Overview
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is a malignancy of CD5
+
B cells that is characterized by the accumulation of small, mature-appearing lymphocytes in the blood, marrow and lymphoid tissues. Signalling via surface immunoglobulin, which constitutes the major part of the B cell receptor, and several genetic alterations play a part in CLL pathogenesis, in addition to interactions between CLL cells and other cell types, such as stromal cells, T cells and nurse-like cells in the lymph nodes. The clinical progression of CLL is heterogeneous and ranges from patients who require treatment soon after diagnosis to others who do not require therapy for many years, if at all. Several factors, including the immunoglobulin heavy-chain variable region gene (
IGHV
) mutational status, genomic changes, patient age and the presence of comorbidities, should be considered when defining the optimal management strategies, which include chemotherapy, chemoimmunotherapy and/or drugs targeting B cell receptor signalling or inhibitors of apoptosis, such as BCL-2. Research on the biology of CLL has profoundly enhanced our ability to identify patients who are at higher risk for disease progression and our capacity to treat patients with drugs that selectively target distinctive phenotypic or physiological features of CLL. How these and other advances have shaped our current understanding and treatment of patients with CLL is the subject of this Primer.
Research on the biology of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) — a malignancy of CD5
+
B cells — has profoundly enhanced the identification of patients who are at high risk of disease progression and the treatment of patients with drugs that target the distinctive features of CLL. This Primer highlights these advances, as well as the epidemiology, genetics and immunobiology of CLL.
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Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
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