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Trial reportLeukemia & lymphoma2011

Flavopiridol induces BCL-2 expression and represses oncogenic transcription factors in leukemic blasts from adults with refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

Dwella M Nelson, Biju Joseph, Joelle Hillion, Jodi Segal, Judith E Karp, Linda M S Resar

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Trial report in Leukemia & lymphoma, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The role of HMGA1 in genome stability: Implications in human cancer.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026
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  3. BCL-2 and BCL-xL in Cancer: Regulation, Function, and Therapeutic Targeting.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  11. Overexpression ofGenes · 2019
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  15. CDK9 inhibitors in acute myeloid leukemia.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Dwella M NelsonDivision of Hematology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Biju Joseph
Joelle Hillion
Jodi Segal
Judith E Karp
Linda M S Resar
General Department of Preventive Medicine · VNJohns Hopkins Medicine · USKazakh Institute of Oncology and Radiology · KZSchlumberger (Ireland) · IE

Funding

Translational Research Central ServicesP30CA006973 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIAM George NELSON · 1985 to 2026
$208.6M
LAB RESEARCH TRAINING IN PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY-HEMATOLOGYT32CA060441 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ALAN D FRIEDMAN · 1993 to 2026
$14.9M
PHASE I TRIALS OF ANTICANCER AGENTSU01CA070095 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CARDUCCI, MICHAEL A · 1995 to 2013
$8.6M
Mechanisms of Neoplastic Transformation by HMG-I/YR01CA092339 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI RESAR, LINDA M S · 2003 to 2006
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006973NCI NIH HHS R01 CA092339NCI NIH HHS T32 CA060441NCI NIH HHS U01 CA070095NCI NIH HHS U01 CA70095PHS HHS P30 069773-45
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flavopiridol is a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor that induces cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and clinical responses in selected patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A better understanding of the molecular pathways targeted by flavopiridol is needed to design optimal combinatorial therapy. Here, we report that in vivo administration of flavopiridol induced expression of the BCL-2 anti-apoptotic gene in leukemic blasts from adult patients with refractory AML. Moreover, flavopiridol repressed the expression of genes encoding oncogenic transcription factors (HMGA1, STAT3, E2F1) and the major subunit of RNA Polymerase II. Our results provide mechanistic insight into the cellular pathways targeted by flavopiridol. Although further studies are needed, our findings also suggest that blocking anti-apoptotic pathways could enhance cytotoxicity with flavopiridol.

Indexed as

AdultAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBlast CrisisFemaleFlavonoidsHumansLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMaleMiddle AgedOncogenesPiperidinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2RNA Polymerase IITranscription FactorsalvocidibAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsFlavonoidsPiperidinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2RNA Polymerase IITranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID21728742
PMCPMC3214625
OpenAlexW2018505775

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