[HTML][HTML] Immuno-oncology: emerging targets and combination therapies

HT Marshall, MBA Djamgoz - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Host immunity recognizes and eliminates most early tumor cells, yet immunological
checkpoints, exemplified by CTLA-4, PD-1, and PD-L1, pose a significant obstacle to …

Microbiome multi-omics network analysis: statistical considerations, limitations, and opportunities

D Jiang, CR Armour, C Hu, M Mei, C Tian… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The advent of large-scale microbiome studies affords newfound analytical opportunities to
understand how these communities of microbes operate and relate to their environment …

The genecards suite

M Safran, N Rosen, M Twik, R BarShir, TI Stein… - Practical guide to life …, 2021 - Springer
The GeneCards® database of human genes was launched in 1997 and has expanded
since then to encompass gene-centric, disease-centric, and pathway-centric entities and …

Analyses of non-coding somatic drivers in 2,658 cancer whole genomes

E Rheinbay, MM Nielsen, F Abascal, JA Wala… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The discovery of drivers of cancer has traditionally focused on protein-coding genes,,–. Here
we present analyses of driver point mutations and structural variants in non-coding regions …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic basis for RNA alterations in cancer

PCAWG Transcriptome Core Group Calabrese Claudia … - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Transcript alterations often result from somatic changes in cancer genomes. Various forms of
RNA alterations have been described in cancer, including overexpression, altered splicing …

[PDF][PDF] Polycomb-and methylation-independent roles of EZH2 as a transcription activator

J Kim, Y Lee, X Lu, B Song, KW Fong, Q Cao, JD Licht… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Summary Enhancer of Zeste 2 (EZH2) is the enzymatic subunit of Polycomb Repressive
Complex 2 (PRC2), which catalyzes histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) at …

Enhancer release and retargeting activates disease-susceptibility genes

S Oh, J Shao, J Mitra, F Xiong, M D'Antonio, R Wang… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The functional engagement between an enhancer and its target promoter ensures precise
gene transcription. Understanding the basis of promoter choice by enhancers has important …

[PDF][PDF] Pathogenic mechanisms of somatic mutation and genome mosaicism in aging

J Vijg, X Dong - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Age-related accumulation of postzygotic DNA mutations results in tissue genetic
heterogeneity known as somatic mosaicism. Although implicated in aging as early as the …

[HTML][HTML] Global computational alignment of tumor and cell line transcriptional profiles

A Warren, Y Chen, A Jones, T Shibue, WC Hahn… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cell lines are key tools for preclinical cancer research, but it remains unclear how well they
represent patient tumor samples. Direct comparisons of tumor and cell line transcriptional …

Cancer drug development: The missing links

AB Kunnumakkara, D Bordoloi… - Experimental …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Although better science and technology has been linked with better health care, however,
reality is much different. Although America and most of Europe are equipped with most …