Immunogenomics for Drug Discovery in Leukemia

Dear Colleagues,

Leukemia is a group of hematological diseases that are highly heterogeneous in terms of their clinical, molecular and therapeutic response and remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children and adults. In fact, although leukemia treatment protocols have been improved during the last decade, the morbidity and mortality rates resulting from these diseases persist as an important public health problem in many populations. Since the Human Genome Project was launched, there have been notable advances in our understanding of the genomic basis of leukemia and the role of genetic mutations in relapse and chemoresistance. Therefore, more efforts are needed to discover new biomolecules for early diagnosis, the monitoring of residual disease, early detection of relapses, and the development of more suitable treatments for leukemia subtypes. This Special Issue aims to highlight current knowledge on the use of immunogenomics approaches to achieve personalized medicine to treat these diseases.

We encourage the submission of review papers and original manuscripts containing new and unpublished data related to omics studies and experimental models of leukemia with the aim of discovering new therapeutic approaches.

Dr. Silvia Jiménez-Morales
Dr. Adolfo Martínez-Tovar
Guest Editors

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