Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Simone Minardi
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-149 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Oncogene 20050501 20
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a distinct subtype of acute myeloid leukemia characterized by a block of differentiation at the promyelocytic stage. APL patients respond to pharmacological concentrations of all-trans retinoic acid (RA) and disease remission correlates with terminal differentiation of leukemic blasts. The PML/RAR oncogenic transcription factor is responsible for both the pathogenesis of APL and for its sensitivity to RA. In order to identify physiological targets of RA ther ...[more]