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Genetické a epigenetické mechanismy (a jejich kooperace) v procesu leukemogeneze akutní myeloidní leukémie dospělých. / Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms (and their cooperation) in the leukemogenesis of acute myeloid leukemia in adults.

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematopoietic malignancy characterized by great heterogeneity and clonal nature. In recent years, rapidly evolving next-generation sequencing methods provided a deep insight into the mutational background of AML. It was shown that ~ 44 % of AML patients harbor mutations in genes that regulate DNA methylation. So far, many researchers have tried to evaluate the prognostic significance of DNA methylation changes in AML, however, due to a great inconsistency in these studies, none of the reported markers were implemented into clinical practice. The aim of this work was to further investigate the DNA methylation changes in AML patients with specific mutations and their prognostic effect. Next, we wanted to develop a new approach for a complex evaluation of prognostically significant DNA methylation aberrations. In our first project, we assessed the overall DNA methylation, hydroxymethylation, and gene expression in AML patients with mutations in either DNMT3A or IDH1/2 or their combinations. We discovered that each genetic aberration is connected with a distinct pattern of DNA hydroxy-/methylation changes that are not entirely reflected in altered gene expression. Patients with mutations in both genes exhibited a mixed DNA methylation profile most similar to healthy...

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:437882
Date January 2021
CreatorsŠestáková, Šárka
ContributorsŠálek, Cyril, Vymetálková, Veronika, Kubričanová Žaliová, Markéta
Source SetsCzech ETDs
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

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