The future of epigenetic therapy in solid tumours—lessons from the past

N Azad, CA Zahnow, CM Rudin… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2013 - nature.com
The promise of targeting epigenetic abnormalities for cancer therapy has not been realized
for solid tumours, although increasing evidence is demonstrating its worth in haematological …

The Ten-Eleven Translocation-2 (TET2) gene in hematopoiesis and hematopoietic diseases

E Solary, OA Bernard, A Tefferi, F Fuks, W Vainchenker - Leukemia, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract Ten-Eleven Translocation-2 (TET2) inactivation through loss-of-function mutation,
deletion and IDH1/2 (Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 1 and 2) gene mutation is a common event …

Integrated analysis of germline and somatic variants in ovarian cancer

KL Kanchi, KJ Johnson, C Lu, MD McLellan… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
We report the first large-scale exome-wide analysis of the combined germline–somatic
landscape in ovarian cancer. Here we analyse germline and somatic alterations in 429 …

TET proteins and the control of cytosine demethylation in cancer

L Scourzic, E Mouly, OA Bernard - Genome medicine, 2015 - Springer
The discovery that ten-eleven translocation (TET) proteins are α-ketoglutarate-dependent
dioxygenases involved in the conversion of 5-methylcytosines (5-mC) to 5 …

Comprehensive analysis of genetic alterations and their prognostic impacts in adult acute myeloid leukemia patients

R Kihara, Y Nagata, H Kiyoi, T Kato, E Yamamoto… - Leukemia, 2014 - nature.com
To clarify the cooperative roles of recurrently identified mutations and to establish a more
precise risk classification system in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), we comprehensively …

[PDF][PDF] Mutational cooperativity linked to combinatorial epigenetic gain of function in acute myeloid leukemia

AH Shih, Y Jiang, C Meydan, K Shank, S Pandey… - Cancer cell, 2015 - cell.com
Specific combinations of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) disease alleles, including FLT3 and
TET2 mutations, confer distinct biologic features and adverse outcome. We generated mice …

TET2 mutation is an unfavorable prognostic factor in acute myeloid leukemia patients with intermediate-risk cytogenetics

WC Chou, SC Chou, CY Liu, CY Chen… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
The studies concerning clinical implications of TET2 mutation in patients with primary acute
myeloid leukemia (AML) are scarce. We analyzed TET2 mutation in 486 adult patients with …

CoMEt: a statistical approach to identify combinations of mutually exclusive alterations in cancer

MDM Leiserson, HT Wu, F Vandin, BJ Raphael - Genome biology, 2015 - Springer
Cancer is a heterogeneous disease with different combinations of genetic alterations driving
its development in different individuals. We introduce CoMEt, an algorithm to identify …

[HTML][HTML] RUNX1 mutations are associated with poor outcome in younger and older patients with cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia and with distinct gene …

JH Mendler, K Maharry, MD Radmacher… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
RUNX1 Mutations Are Associated With Poor Outcome in Younger and Older Patients With
Cytogenetically Normal Acute Myeloid Leukemia and With Distinct Gene and MicroRNA …

Mutations in epigenetic modifiers in the pathogenesis and therapy of acute myeloid leukemia

O Abdel-Wahab, RL Levine - … Journal of the American Society of …, 2013 - ashpublications.org
Recent studies of the spectrum of somatic genetic alterations in acute myeloid leukemia
(AML) have identified frequent somatic mutations in genes that encode proteins important in …