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PAPOLA-mediated hyperactive polyadenylation promotes leukemogenesis and leukemia stem cell self-renewal through metabolic reprogramming.

Blocking a specific protein called PAPOLA may help prevent leukemia stem cells from self-renewing, offering a potential new treatment target.

PAPOLA-driven hyperactive polyadenylation promotes AML leukemia stem cell self-renewal via the GSTM2-HNE-DLD metabolic axis; cordycepin inhibition of PAPOLA suppresses leukemogenesis. This record was retained from the prior triage attempt for PubMed pipeline handoff.

What the study was

Study design
mechanistic study with primary AML samples, cell lines, and mouse models
Category
hematologic_malignancies
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Nat Cancer

Why it surfaced

Nature Cancer publication revealing a novel oncogenic mechanism—hyperactive polyadenylation linking RNA processing to AML cancer metabolism—with identification of a druggable PAPOLA-GSTM2-HNE-DLD axis.

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