The Genomic Landscape of Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia. Homo sapiens

This study analyzed samples from 29 patients with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) using whole exome sequencing. Each patient had a paired germline tissue along with a diagnostic leukemia sample. Germline tissue types included buccal mucosa, cordblood, Epstein-Barr virus immortalized cell lines and fibroblasts from either skin or bone marrow. Leukemia samples were either blood or bone marrow. Seven of the 29 patients also had a relapsed leukemia sample available for exome analysis.