The MYC oncogene — the grand orchestrator of cancer growth and immune evasion

R Dhanasekaran, A Deutzmann… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
The MYC proto-oncogenes encode a family of transcription factors that are among the most
commonly activated oncoproteins in human neoplasias. Indeed, MYC aberrations or …

Advancing therapy for neuroblastoma

B Qiu, KK Matthay - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2022 - nature.com
Neuroblastomas are tumours of sympathetic origin, with a heterogeneous clinical course
ranging from localized or spontaneously regressing to widely metastatic disease …

The roles of DNA, RNA and histone methylation in ageing and cancer

EM Michalak, ML Burr, AJ Bannister… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
Chromatin is a macromolecular complex predominantly comprising DNA, histone proteins
and RNA. The methylation of chromatin components is highly conserved as it helps …

[PDF][PDF] An evolutionarily conserved function of polycomb silences the MHC class I antigen presentation pathway and enables immune evasion in cancer

ML Burr, CE Sparbier, KL Chan, YC Chan… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
Loss of MHC class I (MHC-I) antigen presentation in cancer cells can elicit immunotherapy
resistance. A genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen identified an evolutionarily conserved …

[PDF][PDF] Single-cell characterization of malignant phenotypes and developmental trajectories of adrenal neuroblastoma

R Dong, R Yang, Y Zhan, HD Lai, CJ Ye, XY Yao… - Cancer Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Neuroblastoma (NB), which is a subtype of neural-crest-derived malignancy, is the most
common extracranial solid tumor occurring in childhood. Despite extensive research, the …

A first-generation pediatric cancer dependency map

NV Dharia, G Kugener, LM Guenther, CF Malone… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Exciting therapeutic targets are emerging from CRISPR-based screens of high mutational-
burden adult cancers. A key question, however, is whether functional genomic approaches …

[HTML][HTML] EZH2 depletion potentiates MYC degradation inhibiting neuroblastoma and small cell carcinoma tumor formation

L Wang, C Chen, Z Song, H Wang, M Ye… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Efforts to therapeutically target EZH2 have generally focused on inhibition of its
methyltransferase activity, although it remains less clear whether this is the central …

Transition to a mesenchymal state in neuroblastoma confers resistance to anti-GD2 antibody via reduced expression of ST8SIA1

NW Mabe, M Huang, GN Dalton, G Alexe, DA Schaefer… - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Immunotherapy with anti-GD2 antibodies has advanced the treatment of children with high-
risk neuroblastoma, but nearly half of patients relapse, and little is known about mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in therapeutic targeting of cancer stem cells within the tumor microenvironment: an updated review

K Dzobo, DA Senthebane, C Ganz, NE Thomford… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite great strides being achieved in improving cancer patients' outcomes through better
therapies and combinatorial treatment, several hurdles still remain due to therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Meeting the challenge of targeting cancer stem cells

A Turdo, V Veschi, M Gaggianesi, A Chinnici… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Notwithstanding cancer patients benefit from a plethora of therapeutic alternatives, drug
resistance remains a critical hurdle. Indeed, the high mortality rate is associated with …