Oncogenic enhancers in leukemia

R Mulet-Lazaro, R Delwel - Blood Cancer Discovery, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
Although the study of leukemogenesis has traditionally focused on protein-coding genes,
the role of enhancer dysregulation is becoming increasingly recognized. The advent of high …

Etiology of super-enhancer reprogramming and activation in cancer

RW Zhou, RE Parsons - Epigenetics & Chromatin, 2023 - Springer
Super-enhancers are large, densely concentrated swaths of enhancers that regulate genes
critical for cell identity. Tumorigenesis is accompanied by changes in the super-enhancer …

The leukemic oncogene EVI1 hijacks a MYC super-enhancer by CTCF-facilitated loops

S Ottema, R Mulet-Lazaro… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Chromosomal rearrangements are a frequent cause of oncogene deregulation in human
malignancies. Overexpression of EVI1 is found in a subgroup of acute myeloid leukemia …

Enhancer coamplification and hijacking promote oncogene expression in liposarcoma

T Liu, J Wang, H Yang, Q **, X Wang, Y Fu, Y Luan… - Cancer research, 2023 - AACR
Liposarcoma (LPS) is the most common soft-tissue sarcoma in adults with two major
subtypes, well differentiated and dedifferentiated. Both subtypes are characterized with the …

MYB exhibits racially disparate expression, clinicopathologic association, and predictive potential for biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer

MA Khan, S Acharya, S Anand, F Sameeta, P Pramanik… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
MYB acts as a potentiator of aggressiveness and castration resistance in prostate cancer
(PCa) through aberrant activation of androgen receptor (AR) signaling. Since Black men …

Structural variation cooperates with permissive chromatin to control enhancer hijacking–mediated oncogenic transcription

GA Botten, Y Zhang, K Dudnyk, YJ Kim… - Blood, The Journal …, 2023 - ashpublications.org
Structural variants (SVs) involving enhancer hijacking can rewire chromatin topologies to
cause oncogene activation in human cancers, including hematologic malignancies; …

EVI1 drives leukemogenesis through aberrant ERG activation

J Schmoellerl, IAM Barbosa, M Minnich, F Andersch… - Blood, 2023 - ashpublications.org
Chromosomal rearrangements involving the MDS1 and EVI1 complex locus (MECOM) on
chromosome 3q26 define an aggressive subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that is …

Screening of ETO2-GLIS2–induced Super Enhancers identifies targetable cooperative dependencies in acute megakaryoblastic leukemia

S Benbarche, CK Lopez, E Salataj, Z Aid, C Thirant… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Super Enhancers (SEs) are clusters of regulatory elements associated with cell identity and
disease. However, whether these elements are induced by oncogenes and can regulate …

A novel GATA2 distal enhancer mutation results in MonoMAC syndrome in 2 second cousins

RR West, TR Bauer Jr, LM Tuschong… - Blood …, 2023 - ashpublications.org
Mutations in the transcription factor GATA2 can cause MonoMAC syndrome, a GATA2
deficiency disease characterized by several findings, including disseminated …

Oncogene EVI1 drives acute myeloid leukemia via a targetable interaction with CTBP2

D Pastoors, M Havermans, R Mulet-Lazaro, D Brian… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) driven by the activation of EVI1 due to chromosome
3q26/MECOM rearrangements is incurable. Because transcription factors such as EVI1 are …