“This makes C/EBPβ an interesting pro-oncogenic player in AML, worthy of further studies.”
BUFFALO, NY- November 13, 2023 – A new editorial perspective was published in Oncotarget’s Volume 14 on March 11, 2023, entitled, “C/EBPβ cooperates with MYB to maintain the oncogenic program of AML cells.”
In this new paper, researcher Karl-Heinz Klempnauer from Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität discusses recent studies on the role of transcription factor MYB in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). MYB has been identified as a key regulator of a transcriptional program for self-renewal of AML cells.
The MYB gene initially attracted attention as the progenitor of a retrovirally-transduced oncogene that induces a myeloid leukemia in chicken [1–4]. MYB encodes a transcription factor with essential roles in the development of the hematopoietic system [5] and the proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic progenitor cells [6]. Subsequent work identified MYB also as a crucial player in the development and maintenance of leukemia in humans.
“Recent work summarized here has now highlighted the CCAAT-box/enhancer binding protein beta (C/EBPβ) as an essential factor and potential therapeutic target that cooperates with MYB and coactivator p300 in the maintenance of the leukemic cells.”
Read the full paper: DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28377
Correspondence to: Karl-Heinz Klempnauer
Email: klempna@uni-muenster.de
Keywords: MYB, C/EBPbeta, p300, GFI1, AML
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