Aggressive variants of prostate cancer: underlying mechanisms of neuroendocrine transdifferentiation

L Merkens, V Sailer, D Lessel, E Janzen… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Prostate cancer is a hormone-driven disease and its tumor cell growth highly relies on
increased androgen receptor (AR) signaling. Therefore, targeted therapy directed against …

The emerging role of KDM5A in human cancer

GJ Yang, MH Zhu, XJ Lu, YJ Liu, JF Lu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Histone methylation is a key posttranslational modification of chromatin, and its
dysregulation affects a wide array of nuclear activities including the maintenance of genome …

Molecular mechanisms underlying the development of neuroendocrine prostate cancer

S Liu, BR Alabi, Q Yin, T Stoyanova - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer is the most common non-cutaneous cancer and the second leading cause
of cancer-associated deaths among men in the United States. Androgen deprivation therapy …

Understanding drug sensitivity and tackling resistance in cancer

JW Tyner, F Haderk, A Kumaraswamy, LB Baughn… - Cancer research, 2022 - AACR
Decades of research into the molecular mechanisms of cancer and the development of
novel therapeutics have yielded a number of remarkable successes. However, our ability to …

RB1 loss in castration-resistant prostate cancer confers vulnerability to LSD1 inhibition

W Han, M Liu, D Han, M Li, AA Toure, Z Wang… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Genomic loss of RB1 is a common alteration in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)
and is associated with poor patient outcomes. RB1 loss is also a critical event that promotes …

Recent advances in epigenetic biomarkers and epigenetic targeting in prostate cancer

A Kumaraswamy, KRW Leng, TC Westbrook, JA Yates… - European urology, 2021 - Elsevier
Context In addition to genetic alterations, epigenetic alterations play a crucial role during
prostate cancer progression. A better understanding of the epigenetic factors that promote …

The role of epigenetic change in therapy-induced neuroendocrine prostate cancer lineage plasticity

WK Storck, AM May, TC Westbrook, Z Duan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The androgen receptor (AR) signaling pathway is critical for growth and differentiation of
prostate cancer cells. For that reason, androgen deprivation therapy with medical or surgical …

The heterogeneity of prostate cancers lacking AR activity will require diverse treatment approaches

MP Labrecque, JJ Alumkal, IM Coleman… - Endocrine-related …, 2021 - erc.bioscientifica.com
The use of androgen deprivation therapy and second line anti-androgens in prostate cancer
has led to the emergence of tumors employing multiple androgen receptor (AR)-dependent …

RNA splicing factors SRRM3 and SRRM4 distinguish molecular phenotypes of castration-resistant neuroendocrine prostate cancer

MP Labrecque, LG Brown, IM Coleman, B Lakely… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Neuroendocrine (NE) differentiation in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
(mCRPC) is an increasingly common clinical feature arising from cellular plasticity. We …

An antisense amido-bridged nucleic acid gapmer oligonucleotide targeting SRRM4 alters REST splicing and exhibits anti-tumor effects in small cell lung cancer and …

M Yoshida, C Oda, K Mishima, I Tsuji, S Obika… - Cancer Cell …, 2023 - Springer
Background Antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) medicine for clinical applications has been
becoming a reality. We previously developed a gapmer ASO targeting Ser/Arg repetitive …