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December 8, 2025Blood

Clonal timing of FLT3-ITD dictates evolutionary trajectory and phenotypic heterogeneity in acute myeloid leukemia

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XHXu Dong HeMXMengfang XiaRSRuoyang Shao

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Overview

Observational analysis reveals FLT3-ITD mutation timing drives clonal evolution and phenotypic heterogeneity in acute myeloid leukemia.

Key Points

  • Initiating FLT3-ITD mutations reprogram leukemic cells to a quiescent state, promoting a linear evolutionary pattern.
  • In acute myeloid leukemia patients, 78% of signaling mutations were terminal subclonal events, with significant differences in white blood cell counts.
  • Analysis using single-cell RNA sequencing confirmed that leukemic transformation preceded FLT3-ITD acquisition in subclonal events.
  • Upregulation of leukemia stem cell markers and emergence of uniparental disomy in initiating mutations suggest new therapeutic vulnerabilities in AML.

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He et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69362f764fa91c937236e37ahttps://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2025-988
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