ETO2-GLIS2: A Chimeric Transcription Factor Drives Leukemogenesis through a Neomorphic Transcription Network

Publication date: 13 March 2017
Source:Cancer Cell, Volume 31, Issue 3
Author(s): Justin C. Wheat, Ulrich Steidl
Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) is a heterogeneous disease with a relatively poorly understood pathogenesis. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Thirant and colleagues systematically examine unique transcriptional and functional effects of ETO2-GLIS2, an oncogenic fusion protein frequently encountered in AMKL, and elucidate a therapeutic vulnerability in this poor-prognosis leukemia.

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Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) is a heterogeneous disease with a relatively poorly understood pathogenesis. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Thirant and colleagues systematically examine unique transcriptional and functional effects of ETO2-GLIS2, an oncogenic fusion protein frequently encountered in AMKL, and elucidate a therapeutic vulnerability in this poor-prognosis leukemia.


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