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December 8, 2025Blood

SETD2 deficiency in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) contributes to tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) resistance and disease acceleration by enhancing genetic instability and rewiring cellular metabolism and might be a novel biomarker of high risk disease since diagnosis

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LRLucia RomagnoliAOAndrea OldaniAMAlessandra Merlotti

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Overview

Observational analysis shows SETD2 loss enhances genetic instability in chronic myeloid leukemia, suggesting it may serve as a biomarker for high-risk disease.

Key Points

  • SETD2 loss contributes to TKI resistance and genetic instability in chronic myeloid leukemia.
  • SETD2-deficient cells demonstrated an over 50% increase in leukemic cell propagation through loss-of-function mutations.
  • This study integrated advanced sequencing techniques like RNA-seq and ChIP-seq to analyze gene expression changes in CML models.
  • SETD2 deficiency may act as a biomarker of high-risk disease at diagnosis, highlighting the need for further investigations.

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Romagnoli et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69362f3a4fa91c937236d3edhttps://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2025-5557
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