Total RNAs were extracted by trizol (Invitrogen) and cDNAs were synthetised using Rever Ace qPCR RT Kit (TOYOBO). Real-time PCR was performed using SYBR Green Realtime PCR Master Mix (Roche) and the ABI ViiA7 QPCR System (Applied Biosystems). Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) was performed to investigate whether EZH2 or/and EZH2 binding to HOXA9 promoter. ChIP assays were performed as described previously (38 (link)). Final analysis was performed using qPCR and shown as fold enrichment of the HOXA9 gene promoter.