Regulation of mir-196b by MLL and its overexpression by MLL fusions contributes to immortalization
Popovic R, Riesbeck LE, Velu CS, Chaubey A, Zhang J, Achille NJ, Erfurth FE, Eaton K, Lu J, Grimes HL, Chen J, Rowley JD, Zeleznik-Le NJ. Regulation of mir-196b by MLL and its overexpression by MLL fusions contributes to immortalization. Blood 2009, 113: 3314-3322. PMID: 19188669, PMCID: PMC2665896, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-04-154310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMLL fusion proteinsHox genesMiR-196bLeukemogenic MLL fusion proteinsFusion proteinEmbryonic stem cell differentiationStem cell differentiationDifferentiated hematopoietic cellsShort-term hematopoietic stem cellsMixed lineage leukemia (MLL) geneBone marrow progenitor cellsLeukemia developmentHOXA clusterHematopoietic stem cellsPrimary leukemia samplesChimeric proteinMarrow progenitor cellsHematopoietic lineagesCell differentiationLeukemia geneFusion contributesChromosomal translocationsHematopoietic cellsGenesStem cells