Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Endothelial E-selectin inhibition improves acute myeloid leukaemia therapy by disrupting vascular niche-mediated chemoresistance

  • Valerie Barbier,
  • Johanna Erbani,
  • Corrine Fiveash,
  • Julie M. Davies,
  • Joshua Tay,
  • Michael R. Tallack,
  • Jessica Lowe,
  • John L. Magnani,
  • Diwakar R. Pattabiraman,
  • Andrew C. Perkins,
  • Jessica Lisle,
  • John E. J. Rasko,
  • Jean-Pierre Levesque,
  • Ingrid G. Winkler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15817-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The cell adhesion molecule E-selectin regulates haematopoietic stem cell self-renewal in the bone marrow vascular niche. Here, the authors show E-selectin adhesion directly induces survival signaling in acute myeloid leukaemia and therapeutic inhibition improves chemotherapy outcomes in mice.