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Expression of myeloperoxidase in acute myeloid leukemia blasts mirrors the distinct DNA methylation pattern involving the downregulation of DNA methyltransferase DNMT3B.
Leukemia - 1 Jul 2014
Itonaga H, Imanishi D, Wong Y-F, Sato S, Ando K, Sawayama Y, Sasaki D, Tsuruda K, Hasegawa H, Imaizumi Y, Taguchi J, Tsushima H, Yoshida S, Fukushima T, Hata T, Moriuchi Y, Yanagihara K, Miyazaki Y
Abstract excerpt
Myeloperoxidase (MPO) has been associated with both a myeloid lineage commitment and favorable prognosis in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). DNA methyltransferase inhibitors (decitabine and zeburaline) induced MPO gene promoter demethylation and MPO gene transcription in AML cells with low MPO activity. Therefore, MPO gene transcription was directly and indirectly regulated by DNA methylation. A DNA...
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