Institute for Transfusion Medicine

Plasticity of extrachromosomal DNA segregation during drug adaptation

Uneven segregation during mitosis is a striking feature of extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA). Because ecDNA lacks a centromere, it is thought to segregate stochastically, generating intratumoral heterogeneity in genomic copy number. Drug treatment can readily change ecDNA copy number,...

Integrated Multi-Omics and Interactome Analysis of CDK8 Inhibition Reveals Erythroid Differentiation Programs and Therapeutic Synergy with BET Blockade in AML

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a therapeutically challenging malignancy driven by the self-renewal, quiescence, and therapy resistance of leukaemic stem cells (LSCs). CDK8, a kinase component of the Mediator complex, regulates oncogenic transcription, and the selective CDK8/CDK...