KMT2A, lysine methyltransferase 2A, 4297

N. diseases: 535; N. variants: 65
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The hyperactive Shp2E76K mutant, commonly observed in leukemia patients, significantly accelerated MLL-AF9-mediated leukemogenesis in vivo. 25650089 2015
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The H3K4-specific demethylase KDM5B negatively regulates leukemogenesis in murine and human MLL-rearranged AML cells, demonstrating a crucial role for the H3K4 global methylome in determining LSC fate. 26190263 2015
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This review focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying MLL1 translocation-driven leukemogenesis and the latest progress on DOT1L-targeted epigenetic therapies for MLL1-rearranged and other leukemias. 26118503 2015
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE This study represents an important step for further defining the potential interplay between oncogenic molecules and reprogramming factors during MLL leukemogenesis. 24150221 2014
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our findings not only connect ELL to E2F1 function and uncover a novel role of ELL in response to DNA damage but also provide an insight into the mechanism for MLL-ELL-associated leukemogenesis. 24344198 2014
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE SET domain-containing proteins such as MLL1 play a critical role in leukemogenesis, while others such as SETD2 may function as a tumor suppressor in breast cancer and renal cell carcinoma. 23065515 2013
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE MLL(DNMT1 CXXC)-AF9 shows robust in vitro colony forming activity and in vivo leukemogenesis, similar to MLL-AF9. 23990460 2013
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE It is poorly understood how MLL fusion proteins block differentiation, a hallmark of leukemogenesis. 23349306 2013
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Collectively, our data suggest that PBX3 is a critical cofactor of HOXA9 in leukemogenesis, and targeting their interaction is a feasible strategy to treat presently therapy resistant CA-AML (eg, MLL-rearranged leukemia) in which HOXA/PBX3 genes are overexpressed. 23264595 2013
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE MLL-AF4 may be sufficient on its own for leukemogenesis or the gene-fusion product may alternatively predispose transformed cells to global genetic instability, enhancing the acquisition of additional key mutations. 23893660 2013
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Therefore, we postulate that the inability of C/EBPα and GATA-1 to down-regulate DACH1 expression induced by MLL-AF9 during myeloid differentiation may contribute to t(9;11) leukemogenesis. 22902925 2012
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE In conclusion, the spectrum of MLL translocation partners in adult T-ALL much more resembles that of AML than that of BCP ALL and thus the mechanisms by which MLL contributes to leukemogenesis in adult T-ALL appear to differ from those in BCP ALL. 22927255 2012
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE DNA damage response and inflammatory signaling limit the MLL-ENL-induced leukemogenesis in vivo. 22516260 2012
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE For instance, the MLL-AF9 fusion oncogene is thought to contribute to myeloid leukemogenesis by driving a hematopoietic stem cell-like "self-renewal" gene expression signature in committed myeloid progenitors. 22613471 2012
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Forced expression of miR-150 dramatically inhibited leukemic cell growth and delayed MLL-fusion-mediated leukemogenesis, likely through targeting FLT3 and MYB and thereby interfering with the HOXA9/MEIS1/FLT3/MYB signaling network, which in turn caused downregulation of MYC/LIN28. 23079661 2012
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Several epigenetic regulators that modify DNA or histones have been implicated in MLL fusion driven leukemogenesis, including DNA methylation, histone acetylation, and histone methylation. 23054645 2012
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Using an in vivo gene targeting approach, we demonstrate that Rac2, but not Rac1, is critical to the initiation of acute myeloid leukemia in a retroviral expression model of MLL-AF9 leukemogenesis. 21940819 2011
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Besides its importance in endocrine organs, menin has been shown to interact with the mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) protein, a histone H3 lysine 4 methyltransferase, and plays a critical role in hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis. 21740816 2011
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Investigations in the past years on leukemogenesis and the MLL1-WDR5 histone H3Lys4 methyltransferase complex demonstrate that epigenetic regulation is one of the key steps in development and human diseases. 21439245 2011
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Deletions of MLL that abolish interactions with PAFc also eliminate MLL-AF9 mediated immortalization indicating an essential function for this interaction in leukemogenesis. 20541477 2010
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Together, these results suggest that specific recruitment of MLL1 requires multiple interactions and is a precondition for stable recruitment of MLL1 fusion proteins to HoxA9 in leukemogenesis. 20541448 2010
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Here, we discuss the potential molecular role of the PAFc in transcriptional dysregulation of MLL target genes and the interplay between PAFc and MLL-rearranged oncoproteins in leukemogenesis. 21037944 2010
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Since CT45A2 is the first Cancer/Testis antigen family gene found fused with MLL in acute leukemia, future studies addressing its biologic relevance for leukemogenesis are warranted. 20920256 2010
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We conclude that concentrations of E2 and 4-OH-E2 that may occur during pregnancy, or during use of oral contraceptives, can cause aberrations of the MLL gene and could thus be a factor in the early events of leukemogenesis occurring in utero. 19264358 2009
CUI: C0598766
Disease: Leukemogenesis
Leukemogenesis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The identification and validation of consistent changes of gene expression in human and murine MLL rearrangement leukemias provide important insights into the genetic base for MLL-associated leukemogenesis. 19155294 2009