Epigenetic therapy of myelodysplastic syndromes connects to cellular differentiation independently of endogenous retroelement derepression

Abstract Background Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) are characterised by abnormal epigenetic repression and differentiation of bone marrow haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Drugs that reverse epigenetic repression, such as 5-azacytidine (5-AZA), induce haematologica...

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Main Authors: Anastasiya Kazachenka, George R. Young, Jan Attig, Chrysoula Kordella, Eleftheria Lamprianidou, Emmanuela Zoulia, George Vrachiolias, Menelaos Papoutselis, Elsa Bernard, Elli Papaemmanuil, Ioannis Kotsianidis, George Kassiotis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Genome Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-019-0707-x