Mutant H3 histones drive human pre-leukemic hematopoietic stem cell expansion and promote leukemic aggressiveness

The role of histone mutations in leukemogenesis remains largely unexplored. In this study of AML, the authors show that histone mutations are early events that drive a more aggressive phenotype.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Meaghan Boileau, Margret Shirinian, Tenzin Gayden, Ashot S. Harutyunyan, Carol C. L. Chen, Leonie G. Mikael, Heather M. Duncan, Andrea L. Neumann, Patricia Arreba-Tutusaus, Nicolas De Jay, Michele Zeinieh, Katya Rossokhata, Yelu Zhang, Hamid Nikbakht, Carine Mouawad, Radwan Massoud, Felice Frey, Rihab Nasr, Jean El Cheikh, Marwan El Sabban, Claudia L. Kleinman, Rami Mahfouz, Mark D. Minden, Nada Jabado, Ali Bazarbachi, Kolja Eppert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10705-z