Michael Fiegl

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that pharmacologic inhibition of FAO with etomoxir or ranolazine inhibited proliferation and sensitized human leukemia cells to apoptosis induction by ABT-737, and evidence suggesting that FAO regulates the activity of Bak-dependent mitochondrial permeability transition is generated.

TL;DR: This study provides a comprehensive overview of the spectrum, clinical associations, and prognostic relevance of recurrent driver gene mutations in a large cohort representing a broad spectrum and age range of intensively treated AML patients.

TL;DR: It is concluded that a p53 gene deletion, which can be identified by interphase FISH in almost a third of patients with newly diagnosed MM, is a novel prognostic factor predicting for short survival of MM patients treated with conventional-dose chemotherapy.

TL;DR: Intriguingly, leukemia cells cultured on bone marrow-derived stromal feeder layers are more resistant to chemotherapy, increase the expression of uncoupling protein 2, and decrease the entry of pyruvate into the Krebs cycle-without compromising the consumption of oxygen, suggesting a shift to the oxidation of nonglucose carbon sources to maintain mitochondrial integrity and function.

TL;DR: The main achievement of the present work is the validated identification of compounds observed in exhaled breath of lung cancer patients, and this identification is indispensible for future work on the biochemical sources of these compounds and their metabolic pathways.