In 2022, the European LeukemiaNet (ELN) risk stratification for patients with AML has been updated. We aimed to validate the prognostic value of the 2022 ELN classification (ELN22) evaluating 1,570 newly diagnosed AML patients (median age, 56 years) treated with cytarabine-based intensive chemotherapy regimens. As compared to the 2017 ELN classification (ELN17), allocating 595 (38%), 413 (26%) and 562 (36%) patients to the favorable, intermediate and adverse risk category, ELN22 risk was favorable, intermediate, and adverse in 575 (37%), 410 (26%), and 585 (37%) patients, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActive related () gene deactivates ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (RAC1), which plays an essential role in regulating normal hematopoiesis and in leukemia. gene, closely related to ABR, acts as a tumor suppressor in chronic myeloid leukemia and has overlapping functions with . Evidence for a putative tumor suppressor role of has been shown in several solid tumors, in which deletion of ABR is present.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTranscription factor C/EBPα is a master regulator of myelopoiesis and its inactivation is associated with acute myeloid leukemia. Deregulation of C/EBPα by microRNAs during granulopoiesis or acute myeloid leukemia development has not been studied. Here we show that oncogenic miR-182 is a strong regulator of C/EBPα.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) treatment induces granulocytic maturation and complete remission of leukemia. microRNAs are known to be critical players in the formation of the leukemic phenotype. In this study, we report downregulation of the miR-181a/b gene cluster in APL blasts and NB4 leukemia cells upon ATRA treatment as a key event in the drug response.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe transcription factor CCAAT enhancer binding protein α (C/EBPα) is a master regulator in granulopoiesis and is frequently disrupted in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We have previously shown that C/EBPα exerts its effects by regulating microRNAs (miRs) such as miR-223 and miR-34a. Here, we confirm miR-30c as a novel important target of C/EBPα during granulopoiesis.
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