کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9889948 1539994 2005 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Acute myeloid leukemia: Therapeutic impact of epigenetic drugs
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
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Acute myeloid leukemia: Therapeutic impact of epigenetic drugs
چکیده انگلیسی
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is not a single disease but a group of malignancies in which the clonal expansion of various types of hematopoietic precursor cells in the bone marrow leads to perturbation of the delicate balance between self-renewal and differentiation that is characteristic of normal hematopoiesis. An increasing number of genetic aberrations, such as chromosomal translocations that alter the function of transcription regulatory factors, has been identified as the cause of AML and shown to act by deregulating gene programming at both the genetic and epigenetic level. While the genetic aberrations occurring in acute myeloid leukemia are fairly well understood, we have only recently become aware of the epigenetic deregulation associated with leukemia, in particular with myeloid leukemias. The deposition of epigenetic “marks” on chromatin - post-translational modifications of nucleosomal proteins and methylation of particular DNA sequences - is accomplished by enzymes, which are often embedded in multi-subunit “machineries” that have acquired aberrant functionalities during leukemogenesis. These enzymes are targets for so-called “epi-drugs”. Indeed, recent results indicate that epi-drugs may constitute an entirely novel type of anti-cancer drugs with unanticipated potential. Proof-of-principle comes from studies with histone deacetylase inhibitors, promising novel anti-cancer drugs. In this review we focus on the epigenetic mechanisms associated with acute myeloid leukemogenesis and discuss the therapeutic potential of epigenetic modulators such as histone deacetylase and DNA methyltransferase inhibitors.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology - Volume 37, Issue 9, September 2005, Pages 1752-1762
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