Therapeutic targeting of “undruggable” MYC

V Llombart, MR Mansour - EBioMedicine, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary c-MYC controls global gene expression and regulates cell proliferation, cell
differentiation, cell cycle, metabolism and apoptosis. According to some estimates, MYC is …

[HTML][HTML] MYC as a target for cancer treatment

MJ Duffy, S O'Grady, M Tang, J Crown - Cancer treatment reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The MYC gene which consists of 3 paralogs, C-MYC, N-MYC and L-MYC, is one of the most
frequently deregulated driver genes in human cancer. Because of its high prevalence of …

KRASG12D inhibition reprograms the microenvironment of early and advanced pancreatic cancer to promote FAS-mediated killing by CD8+ T cells

KK Mahadevan, KM McAndrews, VS LeBleu, S Yang… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary The KRAS G12D mutation is present in nearly half of pancreatic adenocarcinomas
(PDAC). We investigated the effects of inhibiting the KRAS G12D mutant protein with …

Advances in targeting 'undruggable'transcription factors with small molecules

MJ Henley, AN Koehler - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Transcription factors (TFs) represent key biological players in diseases including cancer,
autoimmunity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, outside nuclear receptors …

A view on drug resistance in cancer

N Vasan, J Baselga, DM Hyman - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The problem of resistance to therapy in cancer is multifaceted. Here we take a reductionist
approach to define and separate the key determinants of drug resistance, which include …

Regulation of cancer cell metabolism: oncogenic MYC in the driver's seat

Y Dong, R Tu, H Liu, G Qing - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer cells must rewire cellular metabolism to satisfy the demands of unbridled growth and
proliferation. As such, most human cancers differ from normal counterpart tissues by a …

MYC: a multipurpose oncogene with prognostic and therapeutic implications in blood malignancies

SE Ahmadi, S Rahimi, B Zarandi, R Chegeni… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
MYC oncogene is a transcription factor with a wide array of functions affecting cellular
activities such as cell cycle, apoptosis, DNA damage response, and hematopoiesis. Due to …

Targeting oncogenic Myc as a strategy for cancer treatment

H Chen, H Liu, G Qing - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2018 - nature.com
The MYC family oncogene is deregulated in> 50% of human cancers, and this deregulation
is frequently associated with poor prognosis and unfavorable patient survival. Myc has a …

MYC targeting by OMO-103 in solid tumors: a phase 1 trial

E Garralda, ME Beaulieu, V Moreno… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Among the 'most wanted'targets in cancer therapy is the oncogene MYC, which coordinates
key transcriptional programs in tumor development and maintenance. It has, however, long …

KRAS: the critical driver and therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer

AM Waters, CJ Der - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
RAS genes (HRAS, KRAS, and NRAS) comprise the most frequently mutated oncogene
family in human cancer. With the highest RAS mutation frequencies seen with the top three …