MYC: a multipurpose oncogene with prognostic and therapeutic implications in blood malignancies

SE Ahmadi, S Rahimi, B Zarandi, R Chegeni… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
MYC oncogene is a transcription factor with a wide array of functions affecting cellular
activities such as cell cycle, apoptosis, DNA damage response, and hematopoiesis. Due to …

Senescence and apoptosis: dueling or complementary cell fates?

BG Childs, DJ Baker, JL Kirkland, J Campisi… - EMBO …, 2014 - embopress.org
In response to a variety of stresses, mammalian cells undergo a persistent proliferative
arrest known as cellular senescence. Many senescence‐inducing stressors are potentially …

The mystery of BCL2 family: Bcl-2 proteins and apoptosis: an update

WA Siddiqui, A Ahad, H Ahsan - Archives of toxicology, 2015 - Springer
Apoptosis is a critically important biological process that plays an essential role in cell fate
and homeostasis. An important component of the apoptotic pathway is the family of proteins …

MYC: connecting selective transcriptional control to global RNA production

TR Kress, A Sabò, B Amati - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
Two opposing models have been proposed to describe the function of the MYC oncoprotein
in shaping cellular transcriptomes: one posits that MYC amplifies transcription at all active …

The molecular basis for the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of curcumin and its metabolites in relation to cancer

M Heger, RF van Golen, M Broekgaarden… - Pharmacological …, 2014 - Elsevier
This review addresses the oncopharmacological properties of curcumin at the molecular
level. First, the interactions between curcumin and its molecular targets are addressed on …

Tissue-specific tumorigenesis: context matters

G Schneider, M Schmidt-Supprian, R Rad… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
How can we treat cancer more effectively? Traditionally, tumours from the same anatomical
site are treated as one tumour entity. This concept has been challenged by recent …

The Bcl2 family: regulators of the cellular life-or-death switch

S Cory, JM Adams - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2002 - nature.com
Tissue homeostasis is regulated by apoptosis, the cell-suicide programme that is executed
by proteases called caspases. The Bcl2 family of intracellular proteins is the central …

Reflecting on 25 years with MYC

N Meyer, LZ Penn - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2008 - nature.com
Just over 25 years ago, MYC, the human homologue of a retroviral oncogene, was
identified. Since that time, MYC research has been intense and the advances impressive …

The Bcl-2 apoptotic switch in cancer development and therapy

JM Adams, S Cory - Oncogene, 2007 - nature.com
Impaired apoptosis is both critical in cancer development and a major barrier to effective
treatment. In response to diverse intracellular damage signals, including those evoked by …

The Bcl-2 family: roles in cell survival and oncogenesis

S Cory, D Huang, JM Adams - Oncogene, 2003 - nature.com
Apoptosis, the cell-suicide programme executed by caspases, is critical for maintaining
tissue homeostasis, and impaired apoptosis is now recognized to be a key step in …