Characterisation of bone marrow soluble factors and mesenchymal stem cells in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

This thesis provides novel insight into the complexity of the bone marrow environment of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia or B-ALL, the most common cancer in children. Specifically, my project characterised bone marrow soluble factors during disease development. Furthermore, we identified cellul...

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Main Author: Hughes, Anastasia Mae
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2023
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/92348
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Summary:This thesis provides novel insight into the complexity of the bone marrow environment of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia or B-ALL, the most common cancer in children. Specifically, my project characterised bone marrow soluble factors during disease development. Furthermore, we identified cellular and molecular changes in leukaemia-associated mesenchymal stem cells. In conclusion, this study provides further understanding of B-ALL biology and has brought us closer to exploiting new therapeutic targets to treat children with leukaemia.