Comprehensive approach to study DNA methylation changes in AML patients

Many researchers have reported the prognostic significance of various DNA methylation changes in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We aimed for a comprehensive evaluation of these epigenetic aberrations that would refine the AML prognostication. We designed a sequencing panel targeting 239 regions described in literature as having a prognostic impact or being commonly associated with AML pathogenesis and analyzed 178 diagnostic samples of AML patients divided into test (n=128) and validation cohort (n=50). Overall design: A comprehensive analysis of prognostically significant DNA methylation changes in 178 AML patients