Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Targeted inhibition of STAT/TET1 axis as a therapeutic strategy for acute myeloid leukemia

  • Xi Jiang,
  • Chao Hu,
  • Kyle Ferchen,
  • Ji Nie,
  • Xiaolong Cui,
  • Chih-Hong Chen,
  • Liting Cheng,
  • Zhixiang Zuo,
  • William Seibel,
  • Chunjiang He,
  • Yixuan Tang,
  • Jennifer R. Skibbe,
  • Mark Wunderlich,
  • William C. Reinhold,
  • Lei Dong,
  • Chao Shen,
  • Stephen Arnovitz,
  • Bryan Ulrich,
  • Jiuwei Lu,
  • Hengyou Weng,
  • Rui Su,
  • Huilin Huang,
  • Yungui Wang,
  • Chenying Li,
  • Xi Qin,
  • James C. Mulloy,
  • Yi Zheng,
  • Jiajie Diao,
  • Jie Jin,
  • Chong Li,
  • Paul P. Liu,
  • Chuan He,
  • Yuan Chen,
  • Jianjun Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02290-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Ten-eleven translocation 1 (TET1) is a critical oncoprotein in AML. Here, the authors identify 2 compounds that target the binding of STAT3/5 specifically to the TET1 promoter, inhibiting its expression and AML cell viability.