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EZH2 mutations and promoter hypermethylation in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Jul 2016
Schäfer Vivien, Ernst Jana, Rinke Jenny, Winkelmann Nils, Beck James F, Hochhaus Andreas, Gruhn Bernd, Ernst Thomas
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PURPOSE: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common malignancy in children and young adults. The polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) has been identified as one of the most frequently mutated epigenetic protein complexes in hematologic cancers. PRC2 acts as an epigenetic repressor through histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3), catalyzed by the histone methyltransferase enhancer of zeste...
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