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ReviewSeminars in cancer biology2018

Epigenetics in myelodysplastic syndromes.

Michael Heuser, Haiyang Yun, Felicitas Thol

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Review in Seminars in cancer biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Precision Medicine in Therapy of Non-solid Cancer.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Michael HeuserDepartment of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Electronic address: heuser.michael@mh-hannover.de.
Haiyang YunDepartment of Haematology, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research and Addenbrooke's Hospital, UK; Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Felicitas TholDepartment of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEWellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute · GB

Funding

European Research Council 638035
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenetic regulators are the largest group of genes mutated in MDS patients. Most mutated genes belong to one of three groups of genes with normal functions in DNA methylation, in H3K27 methylation/acetylation or in H3K4 methylation. Mutations in the majority of epigenetic regulators disrupt their normal function and induce a loss-of-function phenotype. The transcriptional consequences are often failure to repress differentiation programs and upregulation of self-renewal pathways. However, the mechanisms how different epigenetic regulators result in similar transcriptional consequences are not well understood. Hypomethylating agents are active in higher risk MDS patients, but their efficacy does not correlate with mutations in epigenetic regulators and the median duration of hematologic response is limited to 10-13 months. Inhibitors of histone deacetylases (HDAC) yielded disappointing results so far, questioning this approach in MDS patients. We review the clinical relevance of epigenetic mutations in MDS, discuss their functional consequences and highlight the role of epigenetic therapies in this difficult to treat disease.

Indexed as

DNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAnimalsHumansMyelodysplastic SyndromesASXL1DNMT3AEP300EpigeneticsEZH2HDAC inhibitorHypomethylating agentIDH1IDH2KDM2BKDM5AKDM6AMDSMLLMLL2MLL3MLL5TET2WT1

Identifiers

PMID28778402
PMCPMC7116652
OpenAlexW2741085177

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