Dysregulation of PRMT5 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia promotes progression with high risk of Richter’s transformation

oleh: Zachary A. Hing, Janek S. Walker, Ethan C. Whipp, Lindsey Brinton, Matthew Cannon, Pu Zhang, Steven Sher, Casey B. Cempre, Fiona Brown, Porsha L. Smith, Claudio Agostinelli, Stefano A. Pileri, Jordan N. Skinner, Katie Williams, Hannah Phillips, Jami Shaffer, Larry P. Beaver, Alexander Pan, Kyle Shin, Charles T. Gregory, Gulcin H. Ozer, Selen A. Yilmaz, Bonnie K. Harrington, Amy M. Lehman, Lianbo Yu, Vincenzo Coppola, Pearlly Yan, Peggy Scherle, Min Wang, Philip Pitis, Chaoyi Xu, Kris Vaddi, Selina Chen-Kiang, Jennifer Woyach, James S. Blachly, Lapo Alinari, Yiping Yang, John C. Byrd, Robert A. Baiocchi, Bradley W. Blaser, Rosa Lapalombella

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01

Deskripsi

Richter’s Transformation is a treatment-resistant and fatal progression from Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) to an aggressive lymphoma. Here, the authors show that PRMT5 is upregulated months prior to and after transformation, PRMT5 overexpression in a CLL mouse model leads to increased risk of transformation, and that targeted PRMT5 inhibition prolongs survival and delays disease development.