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Blood, 11 June 2009, Vol. 113, No. 24, pp. 6061-6068. Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on March 16, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-12-197061.
REVIEW ARTICLE Therapeutic targeting of MLLDepartments of 1 Pathology and 2 Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA Treatment of hematologic malignancies is evolving from a uniform approach to targeted therapies directed at the underlying molecular abnormalities of disease. The mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) proto-oncogene is a recurrent site of genetic rearrangements in acute leukemias; and since its discovery in 1992, many advances have been made in understanding its role in leukemogenesis. A variety of MLL translocation partners have been described, and detailed structure/function studies have identified functional domains that are required for transformation. Proteins associated with the MLL core complex or its fusion partners have been isolated and characterized for their critical roles in leukemia pathogenesis. Downstream mediators of MLL transcriptional regulation and multiple collaborating signaling pathways have been described and characterized. These advances in our understanding of MLL-related leukemogenesis provide a foundation for ongoing and future efforts to develop novel therapeutic strategies that will hopefully result in better treatment outcomes.
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