MLL-rearranged leukemias—an update on science and clinical approaches

AC Winters, KM Bernt - Frontiers in pediatrics, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The mixed-lineage leukemia 1 (MLL1) gene (now renamed Lysine [K]-specific
MethylTransferase 2A or KMT2A) on chromosome 11q23 is disrupted in a unique group of …

Metabolism, biochemical actions, and chemical synthesis of anticancer nucleosides, nucleotides, and base analogs

J Shelton, X Lu, JA Hollenbaugh, JH Cho… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nucleoside, nucleotide, and base analogs have been in the clinic for decades to treat both
viral pathogens and neoplasms. More than 20% of patients on anticancer chemotherapy …

Epigenetics-targeted drugs: Current paradigms and future challenges

W Dai, X Qiao, Y Fang, R Guo, P Bai, S Liu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Epigenetics governs a chromatin state regulatory system through five key mechanisms: DNA
modification, histone modification, RNA modification, chromatin remodeling, and non-coding …

Toward heterogeneous information fusion: bipartite graph convolutional networks for in silico drug repurposing

Z Wang, M Zhou, C Arnold - Bioinformatics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Mining drug–disease association and related interactions are essential for
developing in silico drug repurposing (DR) methods and understanding underlying …

MLL-Rearranged Acute Leukemia with t(4;11)(q21;q23)—Current Treatment Options. Is There a Role for CAR-T Cell Therapy?

O Britten, D Ragusa, S Tosi, Y Mostafa Kamel - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The MLL (mixed-lineage leukemia) gene, located on chromosome 11q23, is involved in
chromosomal translocations in a subtype of acute leukemia, which represents approximately …

The role of sulforaphane in epigenetic mechanisms, including interdependence between histone modification and DNA methylation

A Kaufman-Szymczyk, G Majewski… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Carcinogenesis as well as cancer progression result from genetic and epigenetic changes
of the genome that leads to dysregulation of transcriptional activity of genes. Epigenetic …

Sulforaphane regulates apoptosis-and proliferation-related signaling pathways and synergizes with cisplatin to suppress human ovarian cancer

SF Kan, J Wang, GX Sun - International journal of …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Ovarian cancer is currently the most life-threatening type of gynecological malignancy with
limited treatment options. Therefore, improved targeted therapies are required to combat …

Potential and promising anticancer drugs from adenosine and its analogs

S Man, Y Lu, L Yin, X Cheng, L Ma - Drug Discovery Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•This review mainly summarizes the anti-cancer effects of adenosine analogues in
market and clinical trials.•This review describes the anti-cancer strategies and mechanisms …

Sulforaphane alone and in combination with clofarabine epigenetically regulates the expression of DNA methylation-silenced tumour suppressor genes in human …

K Lubecka-Pietruszewska… - Journal of Nutrigenetics …, 2015 - karger.com
Background/Aim: Sporadic breast cancer is frequently associated with aberrant DNA
methylation patterns that are reversible and responsive to environmental factors, including …

Structural and pharmacological insights into cordycepin for neoplasms and metabolic disorders

J Zhang, Z Yang, Z Zhao, N Zhang - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Cytotoxic adenosine analogues were among the earliest chemotherapeutic agents utilised
in cancer treatment. Cordycepin, a natural derivative of adenosine discovered in the fungus …