Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

Targeting C/EBPα overcomes primary resistance and improves the efficacy of FLT3 inhibitors in acute myeloid leukaemia

  • Hanlin Wang,
  • Guanghao Luo,
  • Xiaobei Hu,
  • Gaoya Xu,
  • Tao Wang,
  • Minmin Liu,
  • Xiaohui Qiu,
  • Jianan Li,
  • Jingfeng Fu,
  • Bo Feng,
  • Yutong Tu,
  • Weijuan Kan,
  • Chang Wang,
  • Ran Xu,
  • Yubo Zhou,
  • Jianmin Yang,
  • Jia Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37381-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Resistance of FLT3-ITD acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients to FLT3 inhibitors (FLT3i) remains an urgent clinical challenge. Here, the authors identify C/EBPα activation as a mechanism of FLT3i resistance and therapeutically target C/EBPα activation in combination with FLT3i in preclinical models FLT3-ITD AML.