RNAi-based drug design: considerations and future directions

Q Tang, A Khvorova - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
More than 25 years after its discovery, the post-transcriptional gene regulation mechanism
termed RNAi is now transforming pharmaceutical development, proved by the recent FDA …

Leptomeningeal metastases from solid tumors: A Society for Neuro-Oncology and American Society of Clinical Oncology consensus review on clinical management …

JA Wilcox, UN Chukwueke, MJ Ahn, AA Aizer… - Neuro …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Leptomeningeal metastases (LM) are increasingly becoming recognized as a treatable, yet
generally incurable, complication of advanced cancer. As modern cancer therapeutics have …

ALDH1A3-acetaldehyde metabolism potentiates transcriptional heterogeneity in melanoma

Y Lu, J Travnickova, M Badonyi, F Rambow, A Coates… - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
Cancer cellular heterogeneity and therapy resistance arise substantially from metabolic and
transcriptional adaptations, but how these are interconnected is poorly understood. Here, we …

Interferon signaling and ferroptosis in tumor immunology and therapy

W Hu, Z Zhao, J Du, J Jiang, M Yang, M Tian… - NPJ Precision …, 2024 - nature.com
This study sought to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the impact of the interferon
signaling pathway on Ferroptosis in tumor cells and its correlation with CD8+ T cell …

Functional analysis of recurrent CDC20 promoter variants in human melanoma

PM Godoy, A Oyedeji, JL Mudd, VA Morikis… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Small nucleotide variants in non-coding regions of the genome can alter transcriptional
regulation, leading to changes in gene expression which can activate oncogenic gene …

An injectable, in situ forming and NIR-responsive hydrogel persistently reshaping tumor microenvironment for efficient melanoma therapy

H Zhang, L Hu, W Xiao, Y Su, D Cao - Biomaterials Research, 2023 - spj.science.org
Background Melanoma is a highly aggressive form of skin cancer with increasing incidence
and mortality rates. Chemotherapy, the primary treatment for melanoma, is limited by …

Investigational approaches for treatment of melanoma patients progressing after standard of care

KA Fletcher, DB Johnson - The Cancer Journal, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The advent of effective immunotherapy, specifically cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated
protein 4 and programmed cell death 1 inhibitors, as well as targeted therapy including …

Leptomeningeal metastases from solid tumors: A Society for Neuro-Oncology and American Society of Clinical Oncology consensus review on clinical management …

JA Wilcox, UN Chukwueke, MJ Ahn, AA Aizer… - Neuro …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Leptomeningeal metastases (LM) are increasingly becoming recognized as a treatable, yet
generally incurable, complication of advanced cancer. As modern cancer therapeutics have …

Genomic deletions explain the generation of alternative BRAF isoforms conferring resistance to MAPK inhibitors in melanoma

F Aya, P Lanuza-Gracia, A González-Pérez, S Bonnal… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Resistance to MAPK inhibitors (MAPKi), the main cause of relapse in BRAF-mutant
melanoma, is associated with the production of alternative BRAF mRNA isoforms (altBRAFs) …

Targeting of M2 macrophages with IL-13-functionalized liposomal prednisolone inhibits melanoma angiogenesis in vivo

A Sesarman, L Luput, VF Rauca, L Patras… - Journal of Liposome …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The intricate cooperation between cancer cells and nontumor stromal cells within melanoma
microenvironment (MME) enables tumor progression and metastasis. We previously …