Chromatin remodellers as therapeutic targets

HA Malone, CWM Roberts - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
Large-scale cancer genome sequencing studies have revealed that chromatin regulators
are frequently mutated in cancer. In particular, more than 20% of cancers harbour mutations …

Epigenetic therapies targeting histone lysine methylation: complex mechanisms and clinical challenges

S Gold, A Shilatifard - The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2024 - jci.org
As epigenetic therapies continue to gain ground as potential treatment strategies for cancer
and other diseases, compounds that target histone lysine methylation and the enzyme …

Targeting EZH2 in SMARCB1-deficient sarcomas: advances and opportunities to potentiate the efficacy of EZH2 inhibitors

C Lanzi, N Arrighetti, S Pasquali, G Cassinelli - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Soft tissue sarcomas (STSs) are rare mesechymal malignancies characterized by distintive
molecular, histological and clinical features. Many STSs are considered as predominatly …

Treatment of thoracic SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated tumors: where we are and where we will go

V Longo, A Catino, M Montrone, ES Montagna… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Recently, the fifth edition of the WHO classification recognized the thoracic SMARCA4-
deficient undifferentiated tumor (SMARCA4-UT) as a separate entity from conventional non …

Thoracic SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated tumor: current knowledge and future perspectives

Y Shinno, Y Ohe… - Japanese Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Thoracic SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated tumor is a newly recognized disease entity
characterized as a high-grade malignant neoplasm with an undifferentiated or rhabdoid …

Outcomes of SMARCB1‐deficient sinonasal carcinoma: Largest single‐center cross‐sectional study

R Woods, D Scholfield, L Axiotakis, C Fitzgerald… - Head & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background We evaluate outcomes of SMARCB1‐deficient sinonasal carcinomas in the
largest single‐institution study. Methods Retrospective cross‐sectional study of patients with …

Clinical and Molecular Risk Factors in Extracranial Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors: Toward an Integrated Model of High-Risk Tumors

VE Fincke, M Steinbügl, HJE Chun… - Clinical Cancer …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: Extracranial malignant rhabdoid tumors (eMRT) are a challenging entity. Despite
the use of multimodal treatment approaches, therapy failure occurs in 55% to 67% of these …

A novel case of glial transdifferentiation in renal medullary carcinoma brain metastasis

MA Gubbiotti, IE McCutcheon, P Rao… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2025 - Springer
Renal medullary carcinoma is a rare undifferentiated tumor of the kidney associated with
sickle cell trait and characterized by INI1 (SMARCB1) loss. Although metastasis to lungs …

Consensus recommendations for systemic therapies in the management of relapsed Ewing sarcoma: A report from the National Ewing Sarcoma Tumor Board

A Gupta, MS Dietz, RF Riedel, A Dhir, SC Borinstein… - Cancer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ewing sarcoma (ES) is a malignant tumor of bone and soft tissue that most often occurs in
children, adolescents, and young adults. Debate and controversy remain in the …

Genomic and clinical characterization of pediatric lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma

Y Que, X Lu, S Lu, F Sun, J Zhu, Y Zhang… - Journal of Translational …, 2024 - Springer
Pediatric lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (pLELC) is a rare neoplasm with unclear
prognosis, genome, and tumor microenvironment. Our study aims to elucidate its genomic …