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    Reveal key functions of important genes in leukemia

    • Last Update: 2022-10-03
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    The oncogene EVI1 causes an aggressive leukemia, but its exact function has been a mystery


    In cancer cells, chromosomes are often destroyed and recombined, which leads to changes


    Johannes Zuber of the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) said: "We have many experimental tools to study gene function in cancer, but in EVI1-driven cases of AML, we lack the relevant disease models


    Eventually, overcoming many difficulties, Inês Barbosa, then a doctoral student in Zuber's lab, succeeded in creating a new model of EVI1-driven AML that made genetic experimentation possible


    Johannes Schmoellerl, who was a doctoral student in Grebien's lab before joining Zuber lab as a postdoc, uses "gene scissors" CRISPR-Cas9 to eliminate genes


    The scientists then tried to find out exactly how important


    Johannes Schmoellerl said: "While there are different mechanisms that can lead to the expression of EVI1, their main function is focused on


    EVI1 drives leukemogenesis through aberrant ERG activation


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