Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Disruption of the C/EBPα—miR-182 balance impairs granulocytic differentiation

  • Alexander Arthur Wurm,
  • Polina Zjablovskaja,
  • Miroslava Kardosova,
  • Dennis Gerloff,
  • Daniela Bräuer-Hartmann,
  • Christiane Katzerke,
  • Jens-Uwe Hartmann,
  • Touati Benoukraf,
  • Stephan Fricke,
  • Nadja Hilger,
  • Anne-Marie Müller,
  • Marius Bill,
  • Sebastian Schwind,
  • Daniel G. Tenen,
  • Dietger Niederwieser,
  • Meritxell Alberich-Jorda,
  • Gerhard Behre

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00032-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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C/EBPα is a critical transcription factor involved in myelopoiesis and its inactivation is associated with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Here the authors show a negative feedback loop between C/EBPα and miR-182 and identify this miRNA as a marker of high-risk AML.