Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is maintained by self-renewing leukemic stem cells. Here the authors show that Heat Shock Transcription Factor 1 (HSF1) is specifically required for the maintenance of AML stem cells, while sparing steady-state and stressed haematopoiesis and that pharmacologically targeting HSF1 may have broad anti-leukemic effects.
- Qianze Dong
- Yan Xiu
- Chen Zhao
