Myeloid Progenitors of Defined Features Provide Permissiveness to Leukemic Transformation

The conventional view of oncogenesis posits that driver mutations, when present in appropriate cell types, initiate malignant transformation. At the apex of the differentiation hierarchy, stem cells, such as hematopoietic stem cells, have been suggested to be the cell-of-origin for a variety of hematopoietic malignancies. However, since the mutation bearing hematopoietic stem cells can differentiate to give rise to downstream progeny, it...