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A Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Assay to Identify Novel NFAT2 Target Genes in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Published on: December 4, 2018
Meet PRC2: A new player in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Raquel Monteiro de Barros Lemos1, Marina Chianello Nicolau Fagundes1, Ana Luiza Tardem Maciel2
1Genetics of Acute Leukemia Laboratory (GenLAb), Research Center, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Abstract:
Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) is a key epigenetic regulator involved in T-cell biology and leukemogenesis. While traditionally known for gene silencing via H3K27me3, recent studies reveal roles in T-cell differentiation, thymocyte maturation, and T-ALL pathogenesis. Here, we present, for the first time, an analysis of T-ALL samples with alterations in PRC1 and PRC2 subunits from the TARGET database. We examine the distribution of molecular alterations in patients with impaired PRC2 across different maturation stages and molecular subtypes, providing novel insights into PRC2's mechanistic involvement in disease progression.
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