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ArticleCancers2022

Functional Drug Screening of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Epigenetic Modifiers in Refractory AML Patients.

Jessica L Dennison, Hassan Al-Ali, Claude-Henry Volmar, Shaun Brothers, Justin Watts, Claes Wahlestedt, Ines Lohse

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Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jessica L DennisonCenter for Therapeutic Innovation, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Hassan Al-AliMiami Project to Cure Paralysis, Department of Neurological Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Claude-Henry VolmarCenter for Therapeutic Innovation, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Shaun BrothersCenter for Therapeutic Innovation, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Justin WattsDivision of Hematology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Claes WahlestedtCenter for Therapeutic Innovation, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Ines LohseCenter for Therapeutic Innovation, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
University of Miami · USSylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of inhibitors of epigenetic modifiers in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has become increasingly appealing due to the highly epigenetic nature of the disease. We evaluated a library of 164 epigenetic compounds in a cohort of 9 heterogeneous AML patients using an ex vivo drug screen. AML blasts were isolated from bone marrow biopsies according to established protocols and treatment response to the epigenetic library was evaluated. We find that 11 histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, which act upon mechanisms of cell cycle arrest and apoptotic pathways through inhibition of zinc-dependent classes of HDACs, showed efficacy in all patient-derived samples. Other compounds, including bromodomain and extraterminal domain (BET) protein inhibitors, showed efficacy in most samples. Specifically, HDAC inhibitors are already clinically available and can be repurposed for use in AML. Results in this cohort of AML patient-derived samples reveal several epigenetic compounds with high anti-blast activity in all samples, despite the molecular diversity of the disease. These results further enforce the notion that AML is a predominantly epigenetic disease and that similar epigenetic mechanisms may underlie disease development and progression in all patients, despite differences in genetic mutations.

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AMLBET inhibitorsdrug screeningepigeneticsHDAC inhibitorshistone modifiers

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PMID36077629
PMCPMC9455071
OpenAlexW4293009362

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