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ArticleScience advances2026

TCF3::HLF orchestrates an enhancer-promoter network with activation of MEF2C to promote immature HSC gene expression in leukemia.

Valdemar Priebe, Bartimée Galvan, Aneta Drakul, Nicola Margelisch, Júlia Aguadé-Gorgorió, Kaivalya Walavalkar, Yun Huang, Hanna K A Mikkola, Beat Bornhauser, Raffaella Santoro and 1 more

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11 authors.

Valdemar PriebeDivision of Oncology and Children's Research Centre, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8763-0026
Bartimée GalvanDivision of Oncology and Children's Research Centre, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8629-4860
Aneta DrakulDivision of Oncology and Children's Research Centre, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0007-4783-1492
Nicola MargelischDivision of Oncology and Children's Research Centre, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0009-2123-0351
Júlia Aguadé-GorgorióDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5600-4279
Kaivalya WalavalkarDepartment of Molecular Mechanism of Disease, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5097-524X
Yun HuangDivision of Oncology and Children's Research Centre, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5987-1319
Hanna K A MikkolaDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3400-1496
Beat BornhauserDivision of Oncology and Children's Research Centre, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2890-3191
Raffaella SantoroDepartment of Molecular Mechanism of Disease, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9894-2896
Jean-Pierre BourquinDivision of Oncology and Children's Research Centre, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6571-6227

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oncogenic fusion transcription factors (TFs) frequently drive hematopoietic malignancies by altering gene expression in key developmental programs. TCF3::HLF is a fusion TF that characterizes a rare, treatment-resistant subtype of B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia [t(17;19) TCF3::HLF-positive B-ALL]. Despite its clinical significance, the mechanisms by which TCF3::HLF induces leukemia are unclear. We used HiChIP mapping and genetic interference to analyze TCF3::HLF at the 3D genome level, revealing enhancer-promoter interactions that control gene activation or repression. Notably, TCF3::HLF directly regulates

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Enhancer Elements, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, LeukemicHematopoietic Stem CellsLeukemiaMEF2 Transcription FactorsPromoter Regions, GeneticAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsGene Regulatory NetworksHumansBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsMEF2C protein, humanMEF2 Transcription FactorsTCF3 protein, human

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PMID42090509
PMCPMC13148343

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