Therapeutic implications of menin inhibition in acute leukemias

GC Issa, F Ravandi, CD DiNardo, E Jabbour… - Leukemia, 2021 - nature.com
Menin inhibitors are novel targeted agents currently in clinical development for the treatment
of genetically defined subsets of acute leukemia. Menin has a tumor suppressor function in …

The role of HOX genes in normal hematopoiesis and acute leukemia

RA Alharbi, R Pettengell, HS Pandha, R Morgan - Leukemia, 2013 - nature.com
The homeobox (HOX) genes are a highly conserved family of homeodomain-containing
transcription factors that specify cell identity in early development and, subsequently, in a …

The menin inhibitor revumenib in KMT2A-rearranged or NPM1-mutant leukaemia

GC Issa, I Aldoss, J DiPersio, B Cuglievan, R Stone… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Targeting critical epigenetic regulators reverses aberrant transcription in cancer, thereby
restoring normal tissue function,–. The interaction of menin with lysine methyltransferase 2A …

Germline Mutations in HOXB13 and Prostate-Cancer Risk

CM Ewing, AM Ray, EM Lange… - … England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Family history is a significant risk factor for prostate cancer, although the
molecular basis for this association is poorly understood. Linkage studies have implicated …

Menin Inhibition With Revumenib for KMT2A-Rearranged Relapsed or Refractory Acute Leukemia (AUGMENT-101)

GC Issa, I Aldoss, MJ Thirman, J DiPersio… - Journal of clinical …, 2024 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Revumenib, an oral, small molecule inhibitor of the menin-lysine
methyltransferase 2A (KMT2A) interaction, showed promising efficacy and safety in a phase …

Hox genes in hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis

B Argiropoulos, RK Humphries - Oncogene, 2007 - nature.com
Gene expression analyses, gene targeting experiments and retroviral overexpression
studies in the murine bone marrow transplantation model have provided strong correlative …

Combined epigenetic therapy with the histone methyltransferase EZH2 inhibitor 3-deazaneplanocin A and the histone deacetylase inhibitor panobinostat against …

W Fiskus, Y Wang, A Sreekumar… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
The polycomb repressive complex (PRC) 2 contains 3 core proteins, EZH2, SUZ12, and
EED, in which the SET (suppressor of variegation–enhancer of zeste-trithorax) domain of …

HOXA9 is required for survival in human MLL-rearranged acute leukemias

J Faber, AV Krivtsov, MC Stubbs… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
Leukemias that harbor translocations involving the mixed lineage leukemia gene (MLL)
possess unique biologic characteristics and often have an unfavorable prognosis. Gene …

The pathophysiology of HOX genes and their role in cancer

DG Grier, A Thompson, A Kwasniewska… - The Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The HOM‐C clustered prototype homeobox genes of Drosophila, and their counterparts, the
HOX genes in humans, are highly conserved at the genomic level. These master regulators …

Hoxa9 and Meis1 Are Key Targets for MLL-ENL-Mediated Cellular Immortalization

BB Zeisig, T Milne, MP García-Cuéllar… - … and cellular biology, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
MLL fusion proteins are oncogenic transcription factors that are associated with aggressive
lymphoid and myeloid leukemias. We constructed an inducible MLL fusion, MLL-ENL-ERtm …