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Comment
. 2016 Jul;6(7):700-2.
doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-16-0564.

An Achilles' Heel for MLL-Rearranged Leukemias: Writers and Readers of H3 Lysine 36 Dimethylation

Sebastian T Balbach  1 , Stuart H Orkin  2
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An Achilles' Heel for MLL-Rearranged Leukemias: Writers and Readers of H3 Lysine 36 Dimethylation

Sebastian T Balbach et al. Cancer Discov. 2016 Jul.

Abstract

Histone H3 lysine 36 dimethylation (H3K36me2), a modification associated with transcriptional activation, is required for mixed-lineage leukemia-dependent transcription and leukemic transformation. In this issue of Cancer Discovery, Zhu and colleagues map the network of readers, writers, and erasers of H3K36me2 and uncover the ASH1L histone methyltransferase as a novel target for therapeutic intervention. Cancer Discov; 6(7); 700-2. ©2016 AACR.See related article by Zhu and colleagues, p. 770.

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  • ASH1L Links Histone H3 Lysine 36 Dimethylation to MLL Leukemia.
    Zhu L, Li Q, Wong SH, Huang M, Klein BJ, Shen J, Ikenouye L, Onishi M, Schneidawind D, Buechele C, Hansen L, Duque-Afonso J, Zhu F, Martin GM, Gozani O, Majeti R, Kutateladze TG, Cleary ML. Zhu L, et al. Cancer Discov. 2016 Jul;6(7):770-83. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-16-0058. Epub 2016 May 6. Cancer Discov. 2016. PMID: 27154821 Free PMC article.

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