Fig. 7.
Schematic depiction of the proposed functional role of HOXB-AS3 in NPM1mut AML. a Healthy state. NPM1 protein is in its wild-type configuration, resides in the nucleolus and regulates ribosome biogenesis. b NPM1 mutations lead to a reduction of the amount of NPM1 protein in the nucleolus and a reduction in the total amount of the transcribed rRNA. c NPM1 mutations also lead to aberrant upregulation of the HOXB-AS3 lncRNA. d HOXB-AS3 interacts with and guides EBP1 to the nucleolus. The increased amount of EBP1 interacts with the residual NPM1 and increases the output of transcribed rRNA.