Myelodysplastic syndromes

L Adès, R Itzykson, P Fenaux - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Myelodysplastic syndromes are clonal marrow stem-cell disorders, characterised by
ineffective haemopoiesis leading to blood cytopenias, and by progression to acute myeloid …

Targeting DNA methylation for epigenetic therapy

X Yang, F Lay, H Han, PA Jones - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2010 - cell.com
Patterns of DNA methylation are established during embryonic development and faithfully
copied through somatic cell divisions. Based on current understanding of DNA methylation …

How we manage adults with myelodysplastic syndrome

P Fenaux, U Platzbecker, L Ades - British journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The prognosis in Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), although recently refined by molecular
studies, remains largely based on conventional prognostic scores [International Prognostic …

[HTML][HTML] Hematologic responses to deferasirox therapy in transfusion-dependent patients with myelodysplastic syndromes

N Gattermann, C Finelli, M Della Porta, P Fenaux… - …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Reductions in transfusion requirements/improvements in hematologic
parameters have been associated with iron chelation therapy in transfusion-dependent …

Epigenetic drug discovery: targeting DNA methyltransferases

JM Foulks, KM Parnell, RN Nix… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Epigenetic modification of DNA leads to changes in gene expression. DNA
methyltransferases (DNMTs) comprise a family of nuclear enzymes that catalyze the …

Prediction of synergistic anti-cancer drug combinations based on drug target network and drug induced gene expression profiles

X Li, Y Xu, H Cui, T Huang, D Wang, B Lian, W Li… - Artificial intelligence in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Synergistic drug combinations are promising therapies for cancer treatment.
However, effective prediction of synergistic drug combinations is quite challenging as …

Activity of azacitidine in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

R Costa, H Abdulhaq, B Haq, RK Shadduck, J Latsko… - Cancer, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Hypomethylating drugs are useful in the management of myelodysplastic
syndrome (MDS). Two of these drugs, azacitidine and decitabine, have received FDA …

Clinical management of myelodysplastic syndromes: update of SIE, SIES, GITMO practice guidelines

V Santini, PE Alessandrino, E Angelucci, G Barosi… - Leukemia research, 2010 - Elsevier
Since 2002, date of publication of the previous Italian Society of Haematology (SIE) practice
guidelines for management of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), novel disease-modifying …

DNA hypermethylation as a chemotherapy target

J Ren, BN Singh, Q Huang, Z Li, Y Gao, P Mishra… - Cellular signalling, 2011 - Elsevier
Epigenetics refers to partially reversible, somatically inheritable, but DNA sequence-
independent traits that modulate gene expression, chromatin structure, and cell functions …

Role of VEGF/VEGFR in the pathogenesis of leukemias and as treatment targets

G Song, Y Li, G Jiang - Oncology reports, 2012 - spandidos-publications.com
Angiogenesis plays an important role in solid tumor growth, progression and metastasis.
Evidence suggests that the progression of hematolymphoid malignancies also depends on …