Oxymetholone Therapy of Fanconi Anemia Suppresses Osteopontin Transcription and Induces Hematopoietic Stem Cell Cycling

Summary: Androgens are widely used for treating Fanconi anemia (FA) and other human bone marrow failure syndromes, but their mode of action remains incompletely understood. Aged Fancd2−/− mice were used to assess the therapeutic efficacy of oxymetholone (OXM) and its mechanism of action. Eighteen-mo...

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Main Authors: Qing-Shuo Zhang, Eric Benedetti, Matthew Deater, Kathryn Schubert, Angela Major, Carl Pelz, Soren Impey, Laura Marquez-Loza, R. Keaney Rathbun, Shigeaki Kato, Grover C. Bagby, Markus Grompe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Stem Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213671114003361