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ReviewInternational journal of cancer2026

Mechanisms of enhancer-driven oncogene activation.

Joyce Vriend, Ruud Delwel, Dorien Pastoors

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Review in International journal of cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Mechanisms of enhancer-driven oncogene activation.International journal of cancer · 2026
    Review
  3. A rare cytogenetically crypticFrontiers in oncology · 2026
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Joyce VriendDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Ruud DelwelDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6903-3271
Dorien PastoorsDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Funding

KWF KankerbestrijdingOncode Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An aggressive subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is caused by enhancer hijacking resulting in MECOM overexpression. Several chromosomal rearrangements can lead to this: the most common (inv(3)/t(3;3)) results in a hijacked GATA2 enhancer, and there are several atypical MECOM rearrangements involving enhancers from other hematopoietic genes. The set of enhancers which can be hijacked by MECOM can also be hijacked by BCL11B. Enhancer deregulation is also a driver of oncogenesis in a range of other malignancies. The mechanisms of enhancer deregulation observed in other cancer types, including TAD boundary disruptions and the creation of de novo (super-) enhancers, may explain overexpression of MECOM or other oncogenes in AML without enhancer hijacking upon translocation. Gaining mechanistic insight in both enhancer deregulation and super-enhancer activity is critical to pave the way for new treatments for AML and other cancers that are the result of enhancer deregulation.

Indexed as

Enhancer Elements, GeneticLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteOncogenesAnimalsHumansAMLenhancer hijackingleukemiaoncogene activation

Identifiers

PMID39853740
PMCPMC12628035

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