Roe, J. S., Vakoc, C. R. (February 2017) The Essential Transcriptional Function of BRD4 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol, 81. pp. 61-66. ISSN 0091-7451
Abstract
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is often initiated by genetic alterations of machineries that regulate chromatin and transcription, thereby blocking cell differentiation. Such mechanisms may also render leukemia cells vulnerable to perturbations of transcriptional regulators, which includes small molecules targeting the coactivator protein BRD4. Numerous studies have validated BRD4 as a therapeutic target in diverse subtypes of AML; however, the vital function of BRD4 in this disease is only beginning to be understood. Here we discuss the recent progress in elucidating the transcriptional function of BRD4 in AML cells, with an emphasis on the desirable attributes, but also the inherent limitations, of targeting general coactivator proteins as cancer therapy.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Subjects: | bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > transcription bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > BET bromodomain coactivator protein > Brd4 bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > chromatin remodeling diseases & disorders > cancer > cancer types > leukemia |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Vakoc lab CSHL Cancer Center Program > Cancer Genetics and Genomics Program |
| Depositing User: | Matt Covey |
| Date: | 7 February 2017 |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2017 19:46 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jul 2021 13:56 |
| PMCID: | PMC5550326 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/34132 |
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