Publications by authors named "F Leveille"
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- - The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of combining comparative genomic hybridization and single-nucleotide polymorphism (CGH/SNP) analyses for risk stratification in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) compared to traditional cytogenetic methods.
- - Researchers analyzed data from 135 patients aged 1-18 diagnosed with ALL, finding that CGH/SNP had a significantly lower failure rate and faster result turnaround (5.8 days) than conventional karyotyping (10.7 days).
- - CGH/SNP detected crucial gene deletions, particularly ETV6, which was associated with better event-free survival, indicating that CGH/SNP could enhance diagnostic accuracy and prognostic evaluation in pediatric ALL.
Significant levels of glyphosate, the world's most widely used herbicide, and its primary metabolites, AMPA and MPA, are detected in various human organs and body fluids, including blood. Several studies have associated the presence of glyphosate in humans with health problems, and effects on immune cells and their functions have been reported. However, the impact of this molecule and its metabolites on neutrophils, the most abundant leukocytes in the human bloodstream, is still poorly documented.
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- Genomic copy number variants (CNVs), particularly deletions and duplications, have been linked to cognitive ability, but their specific effects on intelligence are still not fully understood, especially for duplications.
- The study involved analyzing CNVs from over 24,000 individuals and used statistical models to show that deletions decrease intelligence more significantly than duplications, with certain genes being intolerant to haploinsufficiency playing a key role.
- The findings indicate that while a small fraction of genes has a significant negative impact on intelligence, the overall effects on cognition may stem from complex interactions within the genome rather than just a few specific pathways.
The advent of large scale genomic sequencing technologies significantly improved the molecular classification of acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia (AMKL). AMKL represents a subset (∼10%) of high fatality pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Recurrent and mutually exclusive chimeric gene fusions associated with pediatric AMKL are found in 60%-70% of cases and include RBM15-MKL1, CBFA2T3-GLIS2, NUP98-KDM5A and MLL rearrangements.
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