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FIP1L1

MIM.607686 4q12

Pathology

- PDGFRA/FIP1L1 gene fusion in

  • chronic eosinophilic leukemia (idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome) (MIM.607685)
  • eosinophilia-associated acute myeloid leukemia (#17377585#)
  • lymphoblastic T-cell lymphoma (#17377585#)

References

- Vigna E, Lucia E, Gentile M, Mazzone C, Bisconte MG, Gentile C, Armentano A, Ottaviani E, Rondoni M, Martinelli G, Morabito F. PDGFRalpha/FIP1L1-positive chronic eosinophilic leukemia presenting with retro-orbital localization: efficacy of imatinib treatment. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2007 Jun 5; PMID: #17549478#

- Metzgeroth G, Walz C, Score J, Siebert R, Schnittger S, Haferlach C, Popp H, Haferlach T, Erben P, Mix J, Müller MC, Beneke H, Müller L, Del Valle F, Aulitzky WE, Wittkowsky G, Schmitz N, Schulte C, Müller-Hermelink K, Hodges E, Whittaker SJ, Diecker F, Döhner H, Schuld P, Hehlmann R, Hochhaus A, Cross NC, Reiter A.Recurrent finding of the FIP1L1-PDGFRA fusion gene in eosinophilia-associated acute myeloid leukemia and lymphoblastic T-cell lymphoma.Leukemia. 2007 Jun;21(6):1183-8. PMID: #17377585#

- Walz C, Curtis C, Schnittger S, Schultheis B, Metzgeroth G, Schoch C, Lengfelder E, Erben P, Muller MC, Haferlach T, Hochhaus A, Hehlmann R, Cross NC, Reiter A. Transient response to imatinib in a chronic eosinophilic leukemia associated with ins(9;4)(q33;q12q25) and a CDK5RAP2-PDGFRA fusion gene. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2006 Oct;45(10):950-6. PMID: #16845659#

- Baccarani M, Cilloni D, Rondoni M, et al. The efficacy of imatinib mesylate in patients with FIP1L1-PDGFRalpha-positive hypereosinophilic syndrome: results of a multicenter prospective study. Haematologica 2007;92:1173-1179.

- Cools J, DeAngelo DJ, Gotlib J, et al. A tyrosine kinase created by fusion of the PDGFRA and FIP1L1 genes as a therapeutic target of imatinib in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome. N Engl J Med 2003;348:1201-1214.