KDM1A and acute myeloid leukemia: In addition, we noticed that Lynch's group reported that physical association of LSD1 with transcription factors such as GFI1 is essential to maintain the differentiation block in AML and tranylcypromine-derivative inhibitors target this novel scaffolding function of LSD1, rather than its histone demethylase activity, to promote differentiation of AML cells [76].