| Literature DB >> 18757096 |
Edgar Jost1, Nicole do O, Stefan Wilop, James G Herman, Rainhardt Osieka, Oliver Galm.
Abstract
We investigated the methylation status of the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha (C/EBPalpha) promoter region near the transcription start site in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). In hematopoietic tumor cell lines, CpG island hypermethylation of the proximal C/EBPalpha promoter region was associated with transcriptional silencing, and treatment with the demethylating agent 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine resulted in C/EBPalpha reexpression and promoter demethylation. Aberrant methylation of the C/EBPalpha promoter region occurred in 10/80 diagnostic AML samples, and there was an inverse correlation between aberrant methylation of C/EBPalpha and the negative cell cycle regulator p15. Our results provide further evidence for epigenetic dysregulation of C/EBPalpha in AML.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18757096 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2008.07.027
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Leuk Res ISSN: 0145-2126 Impact factor: 3.156