Etiology of Acute Leukemias in Children

1. Introduction: Childhood Leukemia
Aurora Medina-Sanson

2. Etiology and Prevention of Acute Leukemias in Children
Juan Carlos Núñez-Enríquez, Janet Flores-Lujano, Vilma Carolina Bekker-Méndez, David Aldebarán Duarte-Rodríguez, Juan Manuel Mejía-Aranguré

3. HTLV-1 as a Model for Identifying the Causes of Human Leukemia
José Arellano-Galindo, Luz María Rocha-Ramírez, Sergio Zavala-Vega, Elva Jiménez-Hernández, Juan Xicotencatl-Cortés, Sara Ochoa-Pérez, Juan Manuel Mejía-Aranguré

4. Etiology of Leukemia in Children with Down Syndrome
Ana C. Xavier, Yubin Ge, Jeffrey W. Taub

5. Origin of Leukemia in Children with Down Syndrome
Johann K. Hitzler

6. Model for the Origin of Acute Leukemias in Children: Interaction of Three Factors—Susceptibility, Exposure, and Window of Vulnerability
Juan Manuel Mejía-Aranguré

7. Molecular Origin of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Esmé Waanders, Marjolijn C. J. Jongmans, Charles G. Mullighan

8. Environmental Factors and Exposure Time Windows Related to the Etiology of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children
Maria Luisa Pérez-Saldivar, A. Rangel-López, A. Fajardo-Gutiérrez, Juan Manuel Mejía-Aranguré

9. Early Hematopoietic Differentiation in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: The Interplay Between Leukemia-Initiating Cells and Abnormal Bone Marrow Microenvironment
Armando Vilchis-Ordoñez, Elisa Dorantes-Acosta, Eduardo Vadillo, Briceida López-Martínez, Rosana Pelayo

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Hematology, Pediatrics, Oncology, Epidemiology