Common and overlapping oncogenic pathways contribute to the evolution of acute myeloid leukemias

Recently, it has been demonstrated that transcriptionally active leukemia-associated fusion oncogenes alter self-renewal in and generate acute myeloid leukemia (AML) from committed progenitors, linking transformation and self-renewal pathways. AML is a heterogeneous disease, both genetically and biologically, and it is not known whether transformation is mediated by common or overlapping genetic programs downstream of multiple mutations or through the engagement of unique programs downstream of individual mutations. This distinction is important, as the demonstration of common pathways may identify common molecular targets for the treatment of AML.

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Kvinlaug BT, Chan WI, Bullinger L, Ramaswami M, Sears C, Foster D, Lazic SE, Okabe R, Benner A, Lee BH, De Silva I, Valk PJ, Delwel R, Armstrong SA, Döhner H, Gilliland DG, Huntly BJ