A non-cell-autonomous role for Pml in the maintenance of leukemia from the niche

Persistence of resistant leukemic cells after therapy is the main cause of relapse. Here, the authors show that mesenchymal stem cells-derived PML is involved in the maintenance of leukemia cells through Cxcl1 and IL6 and that PML inhibition enhances sensitivity to chemotherapy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jlenia Guarnerio, Lourdes Maria Mendez, Noboru Asada, Archita Venugopal Menon, Jacqueline Fung, Kelsey Berry, Paul S. Frenette, Keisuke Ito, Pier Paolo Pandolfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02427-x