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. 2023 Aug 24;109(1):98–114. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2023.282704

Figure 8.

Figure 8.

Model for the anti-leukemic activity of TAK-981+5-azacytidine in acute myeloid leukemia. Combined inhibition of SU-MOylation with TAK-981 and DNA methylation with 5-azacytidine (AZA) induces a transcriptional reprogramming in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. This includes the activation of genes involved in the induction of apoptosis and differentiation and a repression of genes linked to cell cycle progression. In addition, TAK-981+AZA induces interferon 1 (IFN-1) secretion as well as the expression of natural killer (NK) cell ligands at the surface of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. This activates NK and increases their cytotoxicity towards AML cells.