The long non-coding RNA HOXB-AS3 regulates ribosomal RNA transcription in NPM1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia

LncRNAs at the HOX gene locus are increased in expression in NPM1 mutant acute myeloid leukemia. In this study, the authors show that one such lncRNA, HOX3B-AS3, has a role in regulating gene transcription and protein synthesis in leukemia cells.

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Main Authors: Dimitrios Papaioannou, Andreas Petri, Oliver M. Dovey, Sara Terreri, Eric Wang, Frances A. Collins, Lauren A. Woodward, Allison E. Walker, Deedra Nicolet, Felice Pepe, Prasanthi Kumchala, Marius Bill, Christopher J. Walker, Malith Karunasiri, Krzysztof Mrózek, Miranda L. Gardner, Virginia Camilotto, Nina Zitzer, Jonathan L. Cooper, Xiongwei Cai, Xiaoqing Rong-Mullins, Jessica Kohlschmidt, Kellie J. Archer, Michael A. Freitas, Yi Zheng, Robert J. Lee, Iannis Aifantis, George Vassiliou, Guramrit Singh, Sakari Kauppinen, Clara D. Bloomfield, Adrienne M. Dorrance, Ramiro Garzon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13259-2