Stromal Tumor Microenvironment in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Regulation of Leukemic Progression

Ashima Shukla^1#, Nagendra K Chaturvedi^1#, Adam K Ahrens¹, Christine E Cutucache¹, Amit K Mittal¹, Philip Bierman², Dennis D Weisenburger³, Runqing Lu¹ and Shantaram S Joshi^1*

¹omi_departments of Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy, Omaha, NE, USA

²Division of Oncology/Hematology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

³Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

^#Contributed equally to this work

^*Corresponding Author: Shantaram S Joshi, PhD, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986395 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6395, USA, Tel: (402)-559-4165, Fax: (402)- 559-3400 Email: