Identification of tumor antigens with immunopeptidomics

C Chong, G Coukos, M Bassani-Sternberg - Nature biotechnology, 2022 - nature.com
The identification of actionable tumor antigens is indispensable for the development of
several cancer immunotherapies, including T cell receptor–transduced T cells and patient …

Activation of human endogenous retroviruses and its physiological consequences

N Dopkins, DF Nixon - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are abundant sequences that persist within the
human genome as remnants of ancient retroviral infections. These sequences became fixed …

Antigen presentation in cancer—mechanisms and clinical implications for immunotherapy

K Yang, A Halima, TA Chan - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2023 - nature.com
Over the past decade, the emergence of effective immunotherapies has revolutionized the
clinical management of many types of cancers. However, long-term durable tumour control …

Endogenous retroelements and the viral mimicry response in cancer therapy and cellular homeostasis

R Chen, CA Ishak, DD De Carvalho - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Features of the cancer epigenome distinguish cancers from their respective cell of origin and
establish therapeutic vulnerabilities that can be exploited through pharmacologic inhibition …

DNMT and HDAC inhibition induces immunogenic neoantigens from human endogenous retroviral element-derived transcripts

A Goyal, J Bauer, J Hey, DN Papageorgiou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Immunotherapies targeting cancer-specific neoantigens have revolutionized the treatment of
cancer patients. Recent evidence suggests that epigenetic therapies synergize with …

Endogenous retroviruses in development and health

J Wang, X Lu, W Zhang, GH Liu - Trends in Microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are evolutionary remnants of retroviral infections in which
the viral genome became embedded as a dormant regulatory element within the host …

Transposable element regulation and expression in cancer

EE Grundy, N Diab, KB Chiappinelli - The FEBS journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Approximately 45% of the human genome is composed of transposable elements (TEs).
Expression of these elements is tightly regulated during normal development. TEs may be …

Single-cell RNA-seq-based proteogenomics identifies glioblastoma-specific transposable elements encoding HLA-I-presented peptides

PE Bonté, YA Arribas, A Merlotti, M Carrascal… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
We analyze transposable elements (TEs) in glioblastoma (GBM) patients using a
proteogenomic pipeline that combines single-cell transcriptomics, bulk RNA sequencing …

The immunological conundrum of endogenous retroelements

G Kassiotis - Annual review of immunology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Our defenses against infection rely on the ability of the immune system to distinguish
invading pathogens from self. This task is exceptionally challenging, if not seemingly …

TET2 as a tumor suppressor and therapeutic target in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

M Bensberg, O Rundquist… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive malignancy resulting
from overproduction of immature T-cells in the thymus and is typified by widespread …