PMID- 27358859 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20160630 LR - 20200930 IS - 2306-9759 (Print) IS - 2313-0792 (Electronic) IS - 2306-9759 (Linking) VI - 1 DP - 2014 TI - Reactive oxygen species in eradicating acute myeloid leukemic stem cells. PG - 13 LID - 10.3978/j.issn.2306-9759.2014.04.03 [doi] LID - 13 AB - Leukemic stem cells (LSCs) have been proven to drive leukemia initiation, progression and relapse, and are increasingly being used as a critical target for therapeutic intervention. As an essential feature in LSCs, reactive oxygen species (ROS) homeostasis has been extensively exploited in the past decade for targeting LSCs in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Most, if not all, agents that show therapeutic benefits are able to alter redox status by inducing ROS, which confers selectivity in eradicating AML stem cells but sparing normal counterparts. In this review, we provide the comprehensive update of ROS-generating agents in the context of their impacts on our understanding of the pathogenesis of AML and its therapy. We anticipate that further characterizing these ROS agents will help us combat against AML in the coming era of LSC-targeting strategy. FAU - Zhang, Hui AU - Zhang H AD - 1 State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics and Shanghai Institute of Hematology, Rui Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China ; 2 Pediatric department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China. FAU - Fang, Hai AU - Fang H AD - 1 State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics and Shanghai Institute of Hematology, Rui Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China ; 2 Pediatric department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China. FAU - Wang, Kankan AU - Wang K AD - 1 State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics and Shanghai Institute of Hematology, Rui Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China ; 2 Pediatric department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20140607 PL - China TA - Stem Cell Investig JT - Stem cell investigation JID - 101672113 PMC - PMC4923509 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) OT - leukemic stem cells (LSCs) OT - reactive oxygen species (ROS) OT - targeting therapy COIS- Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. EDAT- 2014/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 2014/01/01 00:01 PMCR- 2014/06/07 CRDT- 2016/07/01 06:00 PHST- 2014/02/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/04/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 2014/06/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - sci-01-2014.04.03 [pii] AID - 10.3978/j.issn.2306-9759.2014.04.03 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Stem Cell Investig. 2014 Jun 7;1:13. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2306-9759.2014.04.03. eCollection 2014.