Limited miR-17-92 overexpression drives hematologic malignancies

Laura S. Danielson, Linsey Reavie, Marc Coussens, Veronica Davalos, Mireia Castillo-Martin, Maria V. Guijarro, Maryaline Coffre, Carlos Cordon-Cardo, Iannis Aifantis, Sherif Ibrahim, Cynthia Liu, Sergei B. Koralov, Eva Hernando

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Abstract

The overexpression of microRNA cluster miR-17-92 has been implicated in development of solid tumors and hematological malignancies. The role of miR-17-92 in lymphomagenesis has been extensively investigated; however, because of the developmental defects caused by miR-17-92 dysregulation, its ability to drive tumorigenesis has remained undetermined until recently. Here we demonstrate that overexpression of miR-17-92 in a limited number of hematopoietic cells is sufficient to cause B cell malignancies. In sum, our study provides a novel and physiologically relevant model that exposes the potent ability of miR-17-92 to act as a driver of tumorigenesis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)335-341
Number of pages7
JournalLeukemia Research
Volume39
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2015

Keywords

  • Lymphoma
  • MiR-17-92
  • Mouse model

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