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John C Byrd MD

John C Byrd MD
ProfessorCollege of Medicinejohn.byrd@osumc.edu
B302 Starling-Loving 320 W 10th Avenue Columbus OH 43210
Phone:614-293-9869Fax: 614-293-7526
  • Experimental Therapeutics
  • Innate Immunity
  • Administrative

Current Publications

  • Jones JA, Ruppert AS, Zhao W, Lin TS, Rai K, Peterson B, Larson RA, Marcucci G, Heerema NA, Byrd JCPatients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia with high-risk genomic features have inferior outcome on successive Cancer and Leukemia Group B trials with alemtuzumab consolidation: subgroup analysis from CALGB 19901 and CALGB 10101.Leuk Lymphoma in press 5/9/2013
  • Pichiorri F, Palmieri D, De Luca L, Consiglio J, You J, Rocci A, Talabere T, Piovan C, Lagana A, Cascione L, Guan J, Gasparini P, Balatti V, Nuovo G, Coppola V, Hofmeister CC, Marcucci G, Byrd JC, Volinia S, Shapiro CL, Freitas MA, Croce CMIn vivo NCL targeting affects breast cancer aggressiveness through miRNA regulation.J Exp Med 210(5) 951-68 5/6/2013
  • Huang X, Schwind S, Yu B, Santhanam R, Wang H, Hoellerbauer P, Mims A, Klisovic RB, Walker A, Chan KK, Blum W, Perrotti D, Byrd JC, Bloomfield CD, Caligiuri MA, Lee RJ, Garzon R, Muthusamy N, Lee LJ, Marcucci GTargeted Delivery of microRNA-29b by Transferrin-Conjugated Anionic Lipopolyplex Nanoparticles: A Novel Therapeutic Strategy in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.Clin Cancer Res 19(9) 2355-67 5/1/2013
  • Gupta SV, Hertlein E, Lu Y, Sass EJ, Lapalombella RT, Chen TL, Davis M, Woyach JA, Lehman A, Jarjoura D, Byrd JC, Lucas DMThe Proteasome Inhibitor Carfilzomib Functions Independently of p53 to Induce Cytotoxicity and an Atypical NF-κB Response in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Cells.Clin Cancer Res 19(9) 2406-19 5/1/2013
  • Mahoney E, Maddocks K, Flynn J, Jones J, Cole SL, Zhang X, Byrd JC, Johnson AJIdentification of endoplasmic reticulum stress-inducing agents by antagonizing autophagy: a new potential strategy for identification of anti-cancer therapeutics in B-cell malignancies.Leuk Lymphoma in press 4/16/2013
  • Mims A, Walker AR, Huang X, Sun J, Wang H, Santhanam R, Dorrance AM, Walker C, Hoellerbauer P, Tarighat SS, Chan KK, Klisovic RB, Perrotti D, Caligiuri MA, Byrd JC, Chen CS, Lee LJ, Jacob S, Mrózek K, Bloomfield CD, Blum W, Garzon R, Schwind S, Marcucci GIncreased anti-leukemic activity of decitabine via AR-42-induced upregulation of miR-29b: a novel epigenetic-targeting approach in acute myeloid leukemia.Leukemia 27(4) 871-8 4/1/2013
  • Stephens DM, Byrd JCImproving the treatment outcome of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia through targeted antibody therapy.Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 27(2) 303-27 4/1/2013
  • Alachkar H, Santhanam R, Harb JG, Lucas DM, Oaks JJ, Hickey CJ, Pan L, Kinghorn AD, Caligiuri MA, Perrotti D, Byrd JC, Garzon R, Grever MR, Marcucci GSilvestrol exhibits significant in vivo and in vitro antileukemic activities and inhibits FLT3 and miR-155 expressions in acute myeloid leukemia.J Hematol Oncol 6 21 3/16/2013
  • Blachly JS, Byrd JCEmerging Drug Profile: Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors.Leuk Lymphoma in press 3/15/2013
  • Rafiq S, Butchar JP, Cheney C, Mo X, Trotta R, Caligiuri M, Jarjoura D, Tridandapani S, Muthusamy N, Byrd JCComparative assessment of clinically utilized CD20-directed antibodies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells reveals divergent NK cell, monocyte, and macrophage properties.J Immunol 190(6) 2702-11 3/15/2013
  • Zelenetz AD, Wierda WG, Abramson JS, Advani RH, Andreadis CB, Bartlett N, Bellam N, Byrd JC, Czuczman MS, Fayad LE, Glenn MJ, Gockerman JP, Gordon LI, Harris NL, Hoppe RT, Horwitz SM, Kelsey CR, Kim YH, Krivacic S, Lacasce AS, Nademanee A, Porcu P, Press O, Pro B, Reddy N, Sokol L, Swinnen L, Tsien C, Vose JM, Yahalom J, Zafar N, Dwyer MA, Naganuma MNon-Hodgkin's lymphomas, version 1.2013.J Natl Compr Canc Netw 11(3) 257-72; quiz 273 3/1/2013
  • Ji J, Mould DR, Blum KA, Ruppert AS, Poi M, Zhao Y, Johnson AJ, Byrd JC, Grever MR, Phelps MAA pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model of tumor lysis syndrome in chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients treated with flavopiridol.Clin Cancer Res 19(5) 1269-80 3/1/2013
  • Mahoney E, Byrd JC, Johnson AJAutophagy and ER stress play an essential role in the mechanism of action and drug resistance of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor flavopiridol.Autophagy 9(3) 434-5 3/1/2013
  • Zhong Y, Byrd JCUGT2B17 as a disease accelerator in CLL.Blood 121(7) 1067-8 2/14/2013
  • Woyach JA, Ruppert AS, Rai K, Lin TS, Geyer S, Kolitz J, Appelbaum FR, Tallman MS, Belch AR, Morrison VA, Larson RA, Byrd JCImpact of age on outcomes after initial therapy with chemotherapy and different chemoimmunotherapy regimens in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: results of sequential cancer and leukemia group B studies.J Clin Oncol 31(4) 440-7 2/1/2013
  • Walker AR, Klisovic R, Johnston JS, Jiang Y, Geyer S, Kefauver C, Binkley P, Byrd JC, Grever MR, Garzon R, Phelps MA, Marcucci G, Blum KA, Blum WPharmacokinetics and dose escalation of the heat shock protein inhibitor 17-allyamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin in combination with bortezomib in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia.Leuk Lymphoma in press 1/24/2013
  • Zhang J, Grubor V, Love CL, Banerjee A, Richards KL, Mieczkowski PA, Dunphy C, Choi W, Au WY, Srivastava G, Lugar PL, Rizzieri DA, Lagoo AS, Bernal-Mizrachi L, Mann KP, Flowers C, Naresh K, Evens A, Gordon LI, Czader M, Gill JI, Hsi ED, Liu Q, Fan A, Walsh K, Jima D, Smith LL, Johnson AJ, Byrd JC, Luftig MA, Ni T, Zhu J, Chadburn A, Levy S, Dunson D, Dave SSGenetic heterogeneity of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110(4) 1398-403 1/22/2013
  • Hickey CJ, Schwind S, Radomska HS, Dorrance AM, Santhanam R, Mishra A, Wu YZ, Alachkar H, Maharry K, Nicolet D, Mrózek K, Walker A, Eiring AM, Whitman SP, Becker H, Perrotti D, Wu LC, Zhao X, Fehniger TA, Vij R, Byrd JC, Blum W, Lee LJ, Caligiuri MA, Bloomfield CD, Garzon R, Marcucci GLenalidomide-mediated enhanced translation of C/EBPα-p30 protein up-regulates expression of the antileukemic microRNA-181a in acute myeloid leukemia.Blood 121(1) 159-69 1/3/2013
  • Yu B, Mao Y, Bai LY, Herman SE, Wang X, Ramanunni A, Jin Y, Mo X, Cheney C, Chan KK, Jarjoura D, Marcucci G, Lee RJ, Byrd JC, Lee LJ, Muthusamy NTargeted nanoparticle delivery overcomes off-target immunostimulatory effects of oligonucleotides and improves therapeutic efficacy in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.Blood 121(1) 136-47 1/3/2013
  • Wei QX, Claus R, Hielscher T, Mertens D, Raval A, Oakes CC, Tanner SM, de la Chapelle A, Byrd JC, Stilgenbauer S, Plass CGermline allele-specific expression of DAPK1 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.PLoS One 8(1) e55261 1/1/2013
  • Wang H, Chen P, Wang J, Santhanam R, Aimiuwu J, Saradhi UV, Liu Z, Schwind S, Mims A, Byrd JC, Grever MR, Villalona-Calero MA, Klisovic R, Walker A, Garzon R, Blum W, Chan KK, Marcucci GIn vivo quantification of active decitabine-triphosphate metabolite: a novel pharmacoanalytical endpoint for optimization of hypomethylating therapy in acute myeloid leukemia.AAPS J 15(1) 242-9 1/1/2013
  • Dunavin NC, Wei L, Elder P, Phillips GS, Benson DM Jr, Hofmeister CC, Penza S, Greenfield C, Rose KS, Rieser G, Merritt L, Ketcham J, Heerema N, Byrd JC, Devine SM, Efebera YAEarly versus delayed autologous stem cell transplant in patients receiving novel therapies for multiple myeloma.Leuk Lymphoma in press 12/31/2012
  • Zelenetz AD, Wierda WG, Abramson JS, Advani RH, Andreadis CB, Bartlett N, Bellam N, Byrd JC, Czuczman MS, Fayad L, Glenn MJ, Gockerman JP, Gordon LI, Harris NL, Hoppe RT, Horwitz SM, Kelsey CR, Kim YH, Krivacic S, Lacasce AS, Nademanee A, Porcu P, Press O, Pro B, Reddy N, Sokol L, Swinnen L, Tsien C, Vose JM, Yahalom J, Zafar N, Naganuma M, Dwyer MANon-Hodgkin's Lymphomas, version 3.2012.J Natl Compr Canc Netw 10(12) 1487-98 12/1/2012
  • Rozewski DM, Herman SE, Towns WH 2nd, Mahoney E, Stefanovski MR, Shin JD, Yang X, Gao Y, Li X, Jarjoura D, Byrd JC, Johnson AJ, Phelps MAPharmacokinetics and tissue disposition of lenalidomide in mice.AAPS J 14(4) 872-82 12/1/2012
  • Johnson AJ, Yeh YY, Smith LL, Wagner AJ, Hessler J, Gupta S, Flynn J, Jones J, Zhang X, Bannerji R, Grever MR, Byrd JCThe novel cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor dinaciclib (SCH727965) promotes apoptosis and abrogates microenvironmental cytokine protection in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells.Leukemia 26(12) 2554-7 12/1/2012
  • Lapalombella R, Sun Q, Williams K, Tangeman L, Jha S, Zhong Y, Goettl V, Mahoney E, Berglund C, Gupta S, Farmer A, Mani R, Johnson AJ, Lucas D, Mo X, Daelemans D, Sandanayaka V, Shechter S, McCauley D, Shacham S, Kauffman M, Chook YM, Byrd JCSelective inhibitors of nuclear export show that CRM1/XPO1 is a target in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.Blood 120(23) 4621-34 11/29/2012
  • Byrd JC, Kipps TJ, Flinn IW, Cooper M, Odenike O, Bendiske J, Rediske J, Bilic S, Dey J, Baeck J, O'Brien SPhase I study of the anti-CD40 humanized monoclonal antibody lucatumumab (HCD122) in relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia.Leuk Lymphoma 53(11) 2136-42 11/1/2012
  • Stephens DM, Byrd JCChronic lymphocytic leukemia with del(17p13.1): a distinct clinical subtype requiring novel treatment approaches.Oncology (Williston Park) 26(11) 1044-54 11/1/2012
  • Timmerman JM, Byrd JC, Andorsky DJ, Yamada R, Kramer J, Muthusamy N, Hunder N, Pagel JMA phase I dose-finding trial of recombinant interleukin-21 and rituximab in relapsed and refractory low grade B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders.Clin Cancer Res 18(20) 5752-60 10/15/2012
  • Jaglowski SM, Ruppert AS, Heerema NA, Bingman A, Flynn JM, Grever MR, Jones JA, Elder P, Devine SM, Byrd JC, Andritsos LAComplex karyotype predicts for inferior outcomes following reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic transplant for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.Br J Haematol 159(1) 82-7 10/1/2012
  • Yan P, Frankhouser D, Murphy M, Tam HH, Rodriguez B, Curfman J, Trimarchi M, Geyer S, Wu YZ, Whitman SP, Metzeler K, Walker A, Klisovic R, Jacob S, Grever MR, Byrd JC, Bloomfield CD, Garzon R, Blum W, Caligiuri MA, Bundschuh R, Marcucci GGenome-wide methylation profiling in decitabine-treated patients with acute myeloid leukemia.Blood 120(12) 2466-74 9/20/2012
  • Cheson BD, Byrd JC, Rai KR, Kay NE, O'Brien SM, Flinn IW, Wiestner A, Kipps TJNovel targeted agents and the need to refine clinical end points in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.J Clin Oncol 30(23) 2820-2 8/10/2012
  • Woyach JA, Johnson AJ, Byrd JCThe B-cell receptor signaling pathway as a therapeutic target in CLL.Blood 120(6) 1175-84 8/9/2012
  • Mahoney E, Lucas DM, Gupta SV, Wagner AJ, Herman SE, Smith LL, Yeh YY, Andritsos L, Jones JA, Flynn JM, Blum KA, Zhang X, Lehman A, Kong H, Gurcan M, Grever MR, Johnson AJ, Byrd JCER stress and autophagy: new discoveries in the mechanism of action and drug resistance of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor flavopiridol.Blood 120(6) 1262-73 8/9/2012
  • Baer C, Claus R, Frenzel LP, Zucknick M, Park YJ, Gu L, Weichenhan D, Fischer M, Pallasch CP, Herpel E, Rehli M, Byrd JC, Wendtner CM, Plass CExtensive promoter DNA hypermethylation and hypomethylation is associated with aberrant microRNA expression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.Cancer Res 72(15) 3775-85 8/1/2012
  • Claus R, Hackanson B, Poetsch AR, Zucknick M, Sonnet M, Blagitko-Dorfs N, Hiller J, Wilop S, Brümmendorf TH, Galm O, Platzbecker U, Byrd JC, Döhner K, Döhner H, Lübbert M, Plass CQuantitative analyses of DAPK1 methylation in AML and MDS.Int J Cancer 131(2) E138-42 7/15/2012
  • Claus R, Lucas DM, Stilgenbauer S, Ruppert AS, Yu L, Zucknick M, Mertens D, Bühler A, Oakes CC, Larson RA, Kay NE, Jelinek DF, Kipps TJ, Rassenti LZ, Gribben JG, Döhner H, Heerema NA, Marcucci G, Plass C, Byrd JCQuantitative DNA methylation analysis identifies a single CpG dinucleotide important for ZAP-70 expression and predictive of prognosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.J Clin Oncol 30(20) 2483-91 7/10/2012
  • Rafiq S, Cheney C, Mo X, Jarjoura D, Muthusamy N, Byrd JCXmAb-5574 antibody demonstrates superior antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity as compared with CD52- and CD20-targeted antibodies in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells.Leukemia 26(7) 1720-2 7/1/2012
  • Blum W, Schwind S, Tarighat SS, Geyer S, Eisfeld AK, Whitman S, Walker A, Klisovic R, Byrd JC, Santhanam R, Wang H, Curfman JP, Devine SM, Jacob S, Garr C, Kefauver C, Perrotti D, Chan KK, Bloomfield CD, Caligiuri MA, Grever MR, Garzon R, Marcucci GClinical and pharmacodynamic activity of bortezomib and decitabine in acute myeloid leukemia.Blood 119(25) 6025-31 6/21/2012
  • Wang H, Chiu M, Xie Z, Chiu M, Liu Z, Chen P, Liu S, Byrd JC, Muthusamy N, Garzon R, Croce CM, Marcucci G, Chan KKSynthetic microRNA cassette dosing: pharmacokinetics, tissue distribution and bioactivity.Mol Pharm 9(6) 1638-44 6/4/2012
  • Woyach JA, Lozanski G, Ruppert AS, Lozanski A, Blum KA, Jones JA, Flynn JM, Johnson AJ, Grever MR, Heerema NA, Byrd JCOutcome of patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with flavopiridol: impact of genetic features.Leukemia 26(6) 1442-4 6/1/2012
  • Benson DM Jr, Byrd JCCS1-directed monoclonal antibody therapy for multiple myeloma.J Clin Oncol 30(16) 2013-5 6/1/2012
  • Troeger A, Johnson AJ, Wood J, Blum WG, Andritsos LA, Byrd JC, Williams DARhoH is critical for cell-microenvironment interactions in chronic lymphocytic leukemia in mice and humans.Blood 119(20) 4708-18 5/17/2012
  • Ranganathan P, Heaphy CE, Costinean S, Stauffer N, Na C, Hamadani M, Santhanam R, Mao C, Taylor PA, Sandhu S, He G, Shana'ah A, Nuovo GJ, Lagana A, Cascione L, Obad S, Broom O, Kauppinen S, Byrd JC, Caligiuri MA, Perrotti D, Hadley GA, Marcucci G, Devine SM, Blazar BR, Croce CM, Garzon RRegulation of acute graft-versus-host disease by microRNA-155.Blood 119(20) 4786-97 5/17/2012
  • Lapalombella R, Yeh YY, Wang L, Ramanunni A, Rafiq S, Jha S, Staubli J, Lucas DM, Mani R, Herman SE, Johnson AJ, Lozanski A, Andritsos L, Jones J, Flynn JM, Lannutti B, Thompson P, Algate P, Stromatt S, Jarjoura D, Mo X, Wang D, Chen CS, Lozanski G, Heerema NA, Tridandapani S, Freitas MA, Muthusamy N, Byrd JCTetraspanin CD37 directly mediates transduction of survival and apoptotic signals.Cancer Cell 21(5) 694-708 5/15/2012
  • Lapalombella R, Yeh YY, Wang L, Ramanunni A, Rafiq S, Jha S, Staubli J, Lucas DM, Mani R, Herman SE, Johnson AJ, Lozanski A, Andritsos LA, Jones J, Flynn JM, Lannutti B, Thompson P, Algate P, Stromatt S, Jarjoura D, Mo X, Wang D, Chen C, Lozanski G, Heerema NA, Tridandapani S, Freitas MA, Muthusamy N, Byrd JCTetraspanin CD37 directly mediates transduction of survival and apoptotic signals.Cancer Cell 21(5) 694-708 5/15/2012
  • Gupta P, Goldenberg DM, Rossi EA, Cardillo TM, Byrd JC, Muthusamy N, Furman RR, Chang CHDual-targeting immunotherapy of lymphoma: potent cytotoxicity of anti-CD20/CD74 bispecific antibodies in mantle cell and other lymphomas.Blood 119(16) 3767-78 4/19/2012
  • Ramaswamy B, Phelps MA, Baiocchi R, Bekaii-Saab T, Ni W, Lai JP, Wolfson A, Lustberg ME, Wei L, Wilkins D, Campbell A, Arbogast D, Doyle A, Byrd JC, Grever MR, Shah MHA dose-finding, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study of a novel schedule of flavopiridol in patients with advanced solid tumors.Invest New Drugs 30(2) 629-38 4/1/2012
  • Jones JA, Kraut EH, Deam D, Byrd JC, Grever MRHematologic improvement after flavopiridol treatment of pentostatin and rituximab refractory hairy cell leukemia.Leuk Lymphoma 53(3) 490-1 3/1/2012
  • Lozanski G, Ruppert AS, Heerem NA, Lozanski A, Luca DM, Gordon A, Gribben JG, Morrison VA, Rai KM, Marcucci G, Larson RA, Byrd JCVariations of the ATM gene in chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients lack substantial impact on progression-free survival and overall survival: a Cancer and Leukemia Group B Study.Leuk Lymphoma in press 2/28/2012
  • Cohen JB, Cavaliere R, Byrd JC, Andritsos LAHearing Loss due to Infiltration of the Tympanic Membrane by Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.Case Rep Hematol 2012 589718 1/1/2012
  • Jaglowski SM, Byrd JCNovel therapies and their integration into allogeneic stem cell transplant for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 18(1 Suppl) S132-8 1/1/2012
  • Alinari L, Mahoney E, Patton J, Zhang X, Huynh L, Earl CT, Mani R, Mao Y, Yu B, Quinion C, Towns WH, Chen CS, Goldenberg DM, Blum KA, Byrd JC, Muthusamy N, Praetorius-Ibba M, Baiocchi RAFTY720 increases CD74 expression and sensitizes mantle cell lymphoma cells to milatuzumab-mediated cell death.Blood 118(26) 6893-903 12/22/2011
  • Woyach JA, Byrd JCChemotherapy: New FluCam combination therapy has familiar limitations.Nat Rev Clin Oncol 9(1) 14-5 12/6/2011
  • Motiwala T, Zanesi N, Datta J, Roy S, Kutay H, Checovich AM, Kaou M, Zhong Y, Johnson AJ, Lucas DM, Heerema NA, Hagan J, Mo X, Jarjoura D, Byrd JC, Croce CM, Jacob STAP-1 elements and TCL1 protein regulate expression of the gene encoding protein tyrosine phosphatase PTPROt in leukemia.Blood 118(23) 6132-40 12/1/2011
  • Smith MR, Neuberg D, Flinn IW, Grever MR, Lazarus HM, Rowe JM, Dewald G, Bennett JM, Paietta EM, Byrd JC, Hussein MA, Appelbaum FR, Larson RA, Litzow MR, Tallman MSIncidence of therapy-related myeloid neoplasia after initial therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia with fludarabine-cyclophosphamide versus fludarabine: long-term follow-up of US Intergroup Study E2997.Blood 118(13) 3525-7 9/29/2011
  • Hofmeister CC, Yang X, Pichiorri F, Chen P, Rozewski DM, Johnson AJ, Lee S, Liu Z, Garr CL, Hade EM, Ji J, Schaaf LJ, Benson DM Jr, Kraut EH, Hicks WJ, Chan KK, Chen CS, Farag SS, Grever MR, Byrd JC, Phelps MAPhase I trial of lenalidomide and CCI-779 in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma: evidence for lenalidomide-CCI-779 interaction via P-glycoprotein.J Clin Oncol 29(25) 3427-34 9/1/2011
  • Gupta SV, Sass EJ, Davis ME, Edwards RB, Lozanski G, Heerema NA, Lehman A, Zhang X, Jarjoura D, Byrd JC, Pan L, Chan KK, Kinghorn AD, Phelps MA, Grever MR, Lucas DMResistance to the translation initiation inhibitor silvestrol is mediated by ABCB1/P-glycoprotein overexpression in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells.AAPS J 13(3) 357-64 9/1/2011
  • Blum KA, Ruppert AS, Woyach JA, Jones JA, Andritsos L, Flynn JM, Rovin B, Villalona-Calero M, Ji J, Phelps M, Johnson AJ, Grever MR, Byrd JCRisk factors for tumor lysis syndrome in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, flavopiridol.Leukemia 25(9) 1444-51 9/1/2011
  • You J, Wang L, Saji M, Olesik SV, Ringel MD, Lucas DM, Byrd JC, Freitas MAHigh-sensitivity TFA-free LC-MS for profiling histones.Proteomics 11(16) 3326-34 8/1/2011
  • Herman SE, Gordon AL, Hertlein E, Ramanunni A, Zhang X, Jaglowski S, Flynn J, Jones J, Blum KA, Buggy JJ, Hamdy A, Johnson AJ, Byrd JCBruton tyrosine kinase represents a promising therapeutic target for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and is effectively targeted by PCI-32765.Blood 117(23) 6287-96 6/9/2011