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Maria-Riera Piqué-Borràs, Zivojin Jevtic, Frederik Otzen Bagger, Jonathan Seguin, Rathick Sivalingam, Matheus Filgueira Bezerra, Amber Louwagie, Sabine Juge, Ioannis Nellas, Robert Ivanek, Alexandar Tzankov, Ute M Moll, Oriano Cantillo, Ramona Schulz-Heddergott, Alexandre Fagnan  , Thomas Mercher, Juerg Schwaller



The NFIA-ETO2 fusion blocks erythroid maturation and induces pure erythroid leukemia in cooperation with mutant TP53/Blood.2023 May 4;141(18):2245-2260.doi: 10.1182/blood.2022017273. Abstract


Fagnan A, Piqué-Borràs MR, Tauchmann S, Mercher T, Schwaller J

Molecular Landscapes and Models of Acute Erythroleukemia/Hemasphere. 2021 Apr 21;5(5):e558 Abstract

Forte D, García-Fernández M, Sánchez-Aguilera A, Stavropoulou V, Fielding C, Martín-Pérez D, López JA, Costa ASH, Tronci L, Nikitopoulou E, Barber M, Gallipoli P, Marando L, Fernández de Castillejo CL, Tzankov A, Dietmann S, Cavo M, Catani L, Curti A, Vázquez J, Frezza C, Huntly BJ, Schwaller J, Méndez-Ferrer S.

Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Support Acute Myeloid Leukemia Bioenergetics and Enhance Antioxidant Defense and Escape from Chemotherapy/Cell Metab. 2020 Nov 3;32(5):829-843.e9 Abstract

Fagnan A, Bagger FO, Piqué-Borràs MR, Ignacimouttou C, Caulier A, Lopez CK, Robert E, Uzan B, Gelsi-Boyer V, Aid Z, Thirant C, Moll U, Tauchmann S, Kurtovic-Kozaric A, Maciejewski J, Dierks C, Spinelli O, Salmoiraghi S, Pabst T, Shimoda K, Deleuze V, Lapillonne H, Sweeney C, De Mas V, Leite B, Kadri Z, Malinge S, de Botton S, Micol JB, Kile B, Carmichael CL, Iacobucci I, Mullighan CG, Carroll M, Valent P, Bernard OA, Delabesse E, Vyas P, Birnbaum D, Anguita E, Garçon L, Soler E, Schwaller J, Mercher T.

Human erythroleukemia genetics and transcriptomes identify master transcription factors as functional disease drivers/Blood. 2020 Aug 6;136(6):698-714 Abstract


Fisher JN, Thanasopoulou A, Juge S, Tzankov A, Bagger FO, Mendez MA, Peters AHFM, Schwaller J.
Transforming activities of the NUP98-KMT2A fusion gene associated with myelodysplasia and acute myeloid leukemia/Haematologica. 2020 Jul;105(7):1857-1867 Abstract

Leonards K, Almosailleakh M, Tauchmann S, Bagger FO, Thirant C, Juge S, Bock T, Méreau H, Bezerra MF, Tzankov A, Ivanek R, Losson R, Peters AHFM, Mercher T, Schwaller J.

Nuclear interacting SET domain protein 1 inactivation impairs GATA1-regulated erythroid differentiation and causes erythroleukemia/Nat Commun. 2020 Jun 12;11(1):2807 Abstract


Kivioja JL, Thanasopoulou A, Kumar A, Kontro M, Yadav B, Majumder MM, Javarappa KK, Eldfors S, Schwaller J, Porkka K, Heckman CA
Dasatinib and navitoclax act synergistically to target NUP98-NSD1+/FLT3-ITD+ acute myeloid leukemia/Leukemia. 2019 Jun;33(6):1360-1372 Abstract

Stavropoulou V, Almosailleakh M, Royo H, Spetz JF, Juge S, Brault L, Kopp P, Iacovino M, Kyba M, Tzankov A, Stadler MB, Cazzaniga G, Peters AHFM, Schwaller J.

A Novel Inducible Mouse Model of MLL-ENL-driven Mixed-lineage Acute Leukemia/Hemasphere. 2018 Jun 12;2(4):e51 Abstract


El Ashkar S, Schwaller J, Pieters T, Goossens S, Demeulemeester J, Christ F, Van Belle S, Juge S, Boeckx N, Engelman A, Van Vlierberghe P, Debyser Z, De Rijck J.

LEDGF/p75 is dispensable for hematopoiesis but essential for MLL-rearranged leukemogenesis/Blood. 2018 Jan 4;131(1):95-107 Abstract


Dafflon C, Craig VJ, Méreau H, Gräsel J, Schacher Engstler B, Hoffman G, Nigsch F, Gaulis S, Barys L, Ito M, Aguadé-Gorgorió J, Bornhauser B, Bourquin JP, Proske A, Stork-Fux C, Murakami M, Sellers WR, Hofmann F, Schwaller J, Tiedt R.

Complementary activities of DOT1L and Menin inhibitors in MLL-rearranged leukemia/Leukemia. 2017 Jun;31(6):1269-1277 Abstract


Thirant C, Ignacimouttou C, Lopez CK, Diop M, Le Mouël L, Thiollier C, Siret A, Dessen P, Aid Z, Rivière J, Rameau P, Lefebvre C, Khaled M, Leverger G, Ballerini P, Petit A, Raslova H, Carmichael CL, Kile BT, Soler E, Crispino JD, Wichmann C, Pflumio F, Schwaller J, Vainchenker W, Lobry C, Droin N, Bernard OA, Malinge S, Mercher T.

ETO2-GLIS2 Hijacks Transcriptional Complexes to Drive Cellular Identity and Self-Renewal in Pediatric Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia/Cancer Cell. 2017 Mar 13;31(3):452-465 Abstract


Picaud S, Leonards K, Lambert JP, Dovey O, Wells C, Fedorov O, Monteiro O, Fujisawa T, Wang CY, Lingard H, Tallant C, Nikbin N, Guetzoyan L, Ingham R, Ley SV, Brennan P, Muller S, Samsonova A, Gingras AC, Schwaller J, Vassiliou G, Knapp S, Filippakopoulos P.

Promiscuous targeting of bromodomains by bromosporine identifies BET proteins as master regulators of primary transcription response in leukemia/Sci Adv. 2016 Oct 12;2(10):e1600760 Abstract


Stavropoulou V, Kaspar S, Brault L, Sanders MA, Juge S, Morettini S, Tzankov A, Iacovino M, Lau IJ, Milne TA, Royo H, Kyba M, Valk PJM, Peters AHFM, Schwaller J.

MLL-AF9 Expression in Hematopoietic Stem Cells Drives a Highly Invasive AML Expressing EMT-Related Genes Linked to Poor Outcome/Cancer Cell. 2016 Jul 11;30(1):43-58 Abstract


Fahrenkrog B, Martinelli V, Nilles N, Fruhmann G, Chatel G, Juge S, Sauder U, Di Giacomo D, Mecucci C, Schwaller J.

Expression of Leukemia-Associated Nup98 Fusion Proteins Generates an Aberrant Nuclear Envelope Phenotype/PLoS One. 2016 Mar 31;11(3):e0152321 Abstract


Picaud S, Fedorov O, Thanasopoulou A, Leonards K, Jones K, Meier J, Olzscha H, Monteiro O, Martin S, Philpott M, Tumber A, Filippakopoulos P, Yapp C, Wells C, Che KH, Bannister A, Robson S, Kumar U, Parr N, Lee K, Lugo D, Jeffrey P, Taylor S, Vecellio ML, Bountra C, Brennan PE, O'Mahony A, Velichko S, Müller S, Hay D, Daniels DL, Urh M, La Thangue NB, Kouzarides T, Prinjha R, Schwaller J, Knapp S.

Generation of a Selective Small Molecule Inhibitor of the CBP/p300 Bromodomain for Leukemia Therapy/Cancer Res. 2015 Dec 1;75(23):5106-5119 Abstract


Sánchez-Aguilera A, Arranz L, Martín-Pérez D, García-García A, Stavropoulou V, Kubovcakova L, Isern J, Martín-Salamanca S, Langa X, Skoda RC, Schwaller J, Méndez-Ferrer S

Estrogen signaling selectively induces apoptosis of hematopoietic progenitors and myeloid neoplasms without harming steady-state hematopoiesis/Cell Stem Cell. 2014 Dec 4;15(6):791-804 Abstract


Thanasopoulou A, Tzankov A, Schwaller J.

Potent co-operation between the NUP98-NSD1 fusion and the FLT3-ITD mutation in acute myeloid leukemia induction/Haematologica. 2014 Sep;99(9):1465-71 Abstract


Arranz L, Sánchez-Aguilera A, Martín-Pérez D, Isern J, Langa X, Tzankov A, Lundberg P, Muntión S, Tzeng YS, Lai DM, Schwaller J, Skoda RC, Méndez-Ferrer S.

Neuropathy of haematopoietic stem cell niche is essential for myeloproliferative neoplasms/Nature. 2014 Aug 7;512(7512):78-81 Abstract

Brault, L., Rovo, A., Decker, S., Dierks, C., Tzankov, A., and Schwaller, J.

CXCR4-Serine339 regulates cellular adhesion, retention and mobilization, and is a marker for poor prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 2014; 566-76 Abstract



Picaud S, Da Costa D, Thanasopoulou A, Filippakopoulos P, Fish PV, Philpott M, Fedorov O, Brennan P, Bunnage ME, Owen DR, Bradner JE, Taniere P, O'Sullivan B, Müller S, Schwaller J, Stankovic T, Knapp S.

PFI-1, a highly selective protein interaction inhibitor, targeting BET Bromodomains/Cancer Res. 2013 Jun 1;73(11):3336-46 Abstract


Mereau, H., De Rijck, J., Cermakova, K., Kutz, A., Juge, S., Demeulemeester, J., Gijsbers, R., Christ, F., Debyser, Z., and Schwaller, J.
Impairing MLL-fusion gene-mediated transformation by dissecting critical interactions with the lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF/ p75). Leukemia 2013; 1245-1253. Abstract


Brault, L., Menter, T., Obermann, E.C., Knapp, S., Thommen, S., Schwaller, J*., and Tzankov, A*.
PIM kinases are progression markers and emerging therapeutic targets in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. British Journal of Cancer 2012; 491-500. Abstract


Liu T, Jankovic D, Brault L, Ehret S, Baty F, Stavropoulou V, Rossi V, Biondi A, Schwaller J.
Functional characterization of high levels of meningioma 1 as collaborating oncogene in acute leukemia. Leukemia 2010; Abstract


Grundler R, Brault L, Gasser C, Bullock AN, Dechow T, Woetzel S, Pogacic V, Villa A, Ehret S, Berridge G, Spoo A, Dierks C, Biondi A, Knapp S, Duyster J, Schwaller J.
Dissection of PIM serine/threonine kinases in FLT3-ITD-induced leukemogenesis reveals PIM1 as regulator of CXCL12-CXCR4-mediated homing and migration. J. Exp. Med. 2009; 1957-70 Abstract


Jankovic D, Gorello P, Liu T, Ehret S, La Starza R, Desjobert C, Baty F, Brutsche M, Jayaraman PS, Santoro A, Mecucci C, Schwaller J
Leukemogenic mechanisms and targets of a NUP98/HHEX fusion in acute myeloid leukemia. Blood. 2008;111:5672-82. Abstract

Pogacic V, Bullock AN, Fedorov O, Filippakopoulos P, Gasser C, Biondi A, Meyer-Monard S, Knapp S, Schwaller J.
Structural analysis identifies imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazines as PIM kinase inhibitors with in vitro antileukemic activity. Cancer Research. 2007;64:6916-24. Abstract

Adam M, Pogacic V, Bendit M, et al.
Targeting PIM kinases impairs survival of hematopoietic cells transformed by kinase inhibitor-sensitive and resistant forms of FLT3 and BCR/ABL. Cancer Research. 2006;66:3828-35 Abstract

Chalandon Y, Schwaller J.
Targeting mutated protein tyrosine kinases and their signaling pathways in hematologic malignancies. Haematologica. 2005;90:949-968. Abstract

Anastasiadou E, Schwaller J.
Role of constitutively activated protein tyrosine kinases in malignant myeloproliferative disorders: an update. Curr Opin Hematol. 2003;10:40-48. Abstract

Schwaller J, Parganas E, Wang D, et al.
Stat5 is essential for the myelo- and lymphoproliferative disease induced by TEL/JAK2. Mol Cell. 2000;6:693-704. Abstract