Epigenetic Mechanisms of Hematologic Malignancies
A special issue of Epigenomes (ISSN 2075-4655).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2025) | Viewed by 815
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Interests: cancer epigenetics; molecular cell biology; cancer cell signaling
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Dear Colleagues,
Hematologic malignancies that include leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma account for approximately 9% of cancers in the U.S. and Europe. The analysis of genomic data from these patients reveals that recurrent somatic mutations, which affect the epigenetic regulation of gene expression, play a central role in the pathogenesis of lymphoid and myeloid neoplasms. These mutations may affect key proteins involved in DNA methylation, chromatin architecture, histone post-translational modification, or chromatin remodeling to alter chromatin accessibility and gene expression. Importantly, emerging therapeutic strategies target aberrant epigenetic mechanisms found in hematological malignancies to restore a more normal epigenetic state and either inhibit malignant cell growth or render these malignancies more tractable to other anti-cancer therapies, such as chemotherapies or immunotherapies.
This Special Issue will focus on the role of epigenetic mechanisms in hematologic malignancies and anti-cancer therapeutics that target aberrant epigenetic mechanisms in these cancers. We welcome high-quality manuscripts (reviews, research, and technology tool articles) with a focus on the following areas:
- Epigenetic mechanisms that drive or contribute to hematologic malignancies;
- Novel epigenetic targets in hematological malignancies;
- Development or use of targeted epigenetic therapies for hematologic malignancy;
- Methods for identifying aberrant epigenetic mechanisms in hematological malignancies.
Dr. Richard L. Bennett
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- epigenetics
- myeloid neoplasms
- lymphoid neoplasms
- multiple myeloma
- epigenetic therapies
- DNA methylation
- histone acetylation
- histone methylation
- chromatin remodeling
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