The significance of epigenomic aberrations in cancer development has been underscored by the discovery of mutations in key chromatin modifiers, most notably in hematological malignancies. A new study of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) demonstrates the usefulness of mapping global epigenetic signatures and applying these data in a framework to identify and characterize underlying somatic genetic alterations in human cancers.
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LaFave, L., Levine, R. Mining the epigenetic landscape in ALL. Nat Genet 45, 1269–1270 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2808
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