Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Targeting miR-126 in inv(16) acute myeloid leukemia inhibits leukemia development and leukemia stem cell maintenance

  • Lianjun Zhang,
  • Le Xuan Truong Nguyen,
  • Ying-Chieh Chen,
  • Dijiong Wu,
  • Guerry J. Cook,
  • Dinh Hoa Hoang,
  • Casey J. Brewer,
  • Xin He,
  • Haojie Dong,
  • Shu Li,
  • Man Li,
  • Dandan Zhao,
  • Jing Qi,
  • Wei-Kai Hua,
  • Qi Cai,
  • Emily Carnahan,
  • Wei Chen,
  • Xiwei Wu,
  • Piotr Swiderski,
  • Russell C. Rockne,
  • Marcin Kortylewski,
  • Ling Li,
  • Bin Zhang,
  • Guido Marcucci,
  • Ya-Huei Kuo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26420-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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miR-126 is highly expressed in inv(16) Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) but its role is unclear. Here, the authors show that the aberrant expression of miR-126 in inv(16) AML is directly due to the CBFB-MYH11 fusion gene and that it can promote AML development and leukemia stem cell maintenance, highlighting miR-126 as a therapeutic target for inv(16) AML patients