Blood Podcast

This episode highlights articles and commentaries that help expand our understanding of prognostic biomarkers in CLL, learn more about a streamlined analysis of the granulocyte transcriptome in myeloproliferative neoplasms, explore the role of neutrophil extra cellulartraps in adenosine deaminase deficiency, and examine the function of the plant homeodomain-like finger protein 6, in hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal.

The topics in this episode include studies on the mechanism of progression in myelodysplastic syndromes, the value of gait speed as a predictor of outcomes in older adults with hematologic malignancies, the role of extended eltrombobag therapy on severe aplastic anemia, and the role of the Hedghog pathway mutations in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The article highlighted in this trailer "The chromatin-binding protein Phf6 restricts the self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells"  was published June 6, 2019; Blood, Volume 133, Issue 23. The authors of this article are: Satoru Miyagi , Patrycja Sroczynska , Yuko Kato , Yaeko Nakajima-Takagi , Motohiko Oshima , Ola Rizq , Naoya Takayama , Atsunori Saraya , Seiya Mizuno , Fumihiro Sugiyama , Satoru Takahashi , Yumi Matsuzaki , Jesper Christensen , Kristian Helin , Atsushi Iwama.