Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Alu-dependent RNA editing of GLI1 promotes malignant regeneration in multiple myeloma

  • Elisa Lazzari,
  • Phoebe K. Mondala,
  • Nathaniel Delos Santos,
  • Amber C. Miller,
  • Gabriel Pineda,
  • Qingfei Jiang,
  • Heather Leu,
  • Shawn A. Ali,
  • Anusha-Preethi Ganesan,
  • Christina N. Wu,
  • Caitlin Costello,
  • Mark Minden,
  • Raffaella Chiaramonte,
  • A.  Keith Stewart,
  • Leslie A. Crews,
  • Catriona H. M. Jamieson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01890-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The treatment of multiple myeloma is challenging due to high relapse rates. Here the authors show that expression of ADAR1 correlates with poor patient outcomes, and that ADAR1-mediated editing of GLI1 is a mechanism relevant in the context of multiple myeloma progression and drug resistance.