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‹ Tue · 4 Aug 2026
Promising but preliminary

O-GlcNAc transferase as an oncogenic regulator in hematologic malignancies: Mechanisms, disease contexts, and therapeutic perspectives

Identifying which blood cancer patients have a specific genetic marker could help doctors choose targeted therapies that block the protein driving their disease.

OGT exhibits highest expression in hematologic malignancies among all cancer lineages; four mechanistic axes defined—PD-L1-mediated immune evasion, phosphoproteome crosstalk, MYC/p53/STAT5 proteostatic stabilization, and EZH2/TET epigenetic reprogramming—with ASXL1 mutation status as the leading stratification biomarker for OGT-targeting therapy. This record was retained from the prior triage attempt for PubMed pipeline handoff.

What the study was

Study design
systematic_review
Category
Other
Maturity
Validated
Journal
Biomed Pharmacother

Why it surfaced

Comprehensive mechanistic framework unifying OGT across major hematologic malignancies with clear clinical translation pathway; disease-highest OGT expression level identifies a unique oncobiological vulnerability; establishes stratification biomarkers (ASXL1, p53) enabling precision application.

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