Acute myeloid leukemia(AML)is a malignant hematological tumor with disordered oncogenes/tumor suppressor genes and limited treatments.The potent anti-cancer effects of bromodomain and extra-terminal domain(BET)inhibit...Acute myeloid leukemia(AML)is a malignant hematological tumor with disordered oncogenes/tumor suppressor genes and limited treatments.The potent anti-cancer effects of bromodomain and extra-terminal domain(BET)inhibitors,targeting the key component of super enhancers,in early clinical trials on AML patients,implies the critical role of super enhancers in AML.Here,we review the concept and characteristic of super enhancer,and then summarize the current researches about super enhancers in AML pathogenesis,diagnosis and classification,followed by illustrate the potential super enhancer-related targets and drugs,and propose the future directions of super enhancers in AML.This information provides integrated insight into the roles of super enhancers in this disease.展开更多
基金This work was partially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82070167,81870126,and 81802803).
文摘Acute myeloid leukemia(AML)is a malignant hematological tumor with disordered oncogenes/tumor suppressor genes and limited treatments.The potent anti-cancer effects of bromodomain and extra-terminal domain(BET)inhibitors,targeting the key component of super enhancers,in early clinical trials on AML patients,implies the critical role of super enhancers in AML.Here,we review the concept and characteristic of super enhancer,and then summarize the current researches about super enhancers in AML pathogenesis,diagnosis and classification,followed by illustrate the potential super enhancer-related targets and drugs,and propose the future directions of super enhancers in AML.This information provides integrated insight into the roles of super enhancers in this disease.
