HOXA9 has the hallmarks of a biological switch with implications in blood cancers

L Talarmain, MA Clarke, D Shorthouse… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Blood malignancies arise from the dysregulation of haematopoiesis. The type of blood cell
and the specific order of oncogenic events initiating abnormal growth ultimately determine …

HOXA9 cooperates with activated JAK/STAT signaling to drive leukemia development

CE de Bock, S Demeyer, S Degryse, D Verbeke… - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
Leukemia is caused by the accumulation of multiple genomic lesions in hematopoietic
precursor cells. However, how these events cooperate during oncogenic transformation …

HoxA10 influences protein ubiquitination by activating transcription of ARIH2, the gene encoding Triad1

H Wang, L Bei, CA Shah, E Horvath… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
HoxA10 is a homeodomain transcription factor that is maximally expressed in myeloid
progenitor cells. An increase in HoxA10 expression correlates with poor prognosis in human …

Overexpression of HOXA10 is associated with unfavorable prognosis of acute myeloid leukemia

C Guo, Q Ju, C Zhang, M Gong, Z Li, Y Gao - BMC cancer, 2020 - Springer
Background HOXA family genes were crucial transcription factors involving cell proliferation
and apoptosis. While few studies have focused on HOXA10 in AML. We aimed to investigate …

Functional interrogation of HOXA9 regulome in MLLr leukemia via reporter-based CRISPR/Cas9 screen

H Zhang, Y Zhang, X Zhou, S Wright, J Hyle, L Zhao… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Aberrant HOXA9 expression is a hallmark of most aggressive acute leukemias, notably
those with KMT2A (MLL) gene rearrangements. HOXA9 overexpression not only predicts …

HoxA9 transforms murine myeloid cells by a feedback loop driving expression of key oncogenes and cell cycle control genes

X Zhong, A Prinz, J Steger, MP Garcia-Cuellar… - Blood …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Ectopic expression of the oncogenic transcription factor HoxA9 is a major cause of acute
myeloid leukemia (AML). Here, we demonstrate that HoxA9 is a specific substrate of granule …

[HTML][HTML] HoxA9 regulated Bcl-2 expression mediates survival of myeloid progenitors and the severity of HoxA9-dependent leukemia

G Brumatti, M Salmanidis, CH Kok, RA Bilardi… - Oncotarget, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Deregulated expression of Hox genes such as HoxA9 is associated with development of
myeloproliferative disorders and leukemia and indicates a poor prognosis. To investigate …

Deregulation of the HOXA9/MEIS1 axis in acute leukemia

CT Collins, JL Hess - Current opinion in hematology, 2016 - journals.lww.com
HOXA9 deregulation underlies a large subset of aggressive acute leukemias.
Understanding the mechanisms regulating the expression and activity of HOXA9, along with …

Higher expression levels of the HOXA9 gene, closely associated with MLL-PTD and EZH2 mutations, predict inferior outcome in acute myeloid leukemia

L Gao, J Sun, F Liu, H Zhang, Y Ma - OncoTargets and therapy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background Although the biological insight of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has increased
in the past few years, the discovery of novel discriminative biomarkers remains of utmost …

Molecular regulators of HOXA9 in acute myeloid leukemia

S Aryal, Y Zhang, S Wren, C Li, R Lu - The FEBS Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dysregulation of the oncogenic transcription factor HOXA9 is a prominent feature for most
aggressive acute myeloid leukemia cases and a strong indicator of poor prognosis in …