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. 2013 Sep;94(3):423–429. doi: 10.1189/jlb.0113006

Figure 2. Altered ROS levels stimulate leukemogenesis.

Figure 2.

Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of AML. Aberrant ROS signaling triggers damage to nuclear and mitochondrial DNA and compromises DNA repair via increasing a cell's mutation rate and/or promoting and maintaining the oncogenic phenotype as a secondary messenger in intracellular signaling cascades.