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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Jay Hess
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-58359 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20140623 27
Homeobox A9 (HOXA9) is a homeodomain-containing transcription factor that plays a key role in hematopoietic stem cell expansion and is commonly deregulated in human acute leukemias. A variety of upstream genetic alterations in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) lead to overexpression of HOXA9, almost always in association with overexpression of its cofactor meis homeobox 1 (MEIS1) . A wide range of data suggests that HOXA9 and MEIS1 play a synergistic causative role in AML, although the molecular mech ...[more]