The many roles of BAF (mSWI/SNF) and PBAF complexes in cancer

C Hodges, JG Kirkland… - Cold Spring …, 2016 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
During the last decade, a host of epigenetic mechanisms were found to contribute to cancer
and other human diseases. Several genomic studies have revealed that∼ 20% of …

CRISPR-Cas9 for cancer therapy: Opportunities and challenges

M Chen, A Mao, M Xu, Q Weng, J Mao, J Ji - Cancer letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer is a genetic disease stemming from cumulative genetic/epigenetic aberrations.
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-Cas9-mediated …

Systematic identification of silencers in human cells

B Pang, MP Snyder - Nature genetics, 2020 - nature.com
The majority of the human genome does not encode proteins. Many of these noncoding
regions contain important regulatory sequences that control gene expression. To date, most …

Old drugs, novel ways out: Drug resistance toward cytotoxic chemotherapeutics

RH Wijdeven, B Pang, YG Assaraf, J Neefjes - Drug Resistance Updates, 2016 - Elsevier
Efficacy of chemotherapy in the treatment of distinct malignancies is often hampered by drug
resistance arising in the tumor. Understanding the molecular basis of drug resistance and …

[HTML][HTML] The breast cancer stem cells traits and drug resistance

Q Zheng, M Zhang, F Zhou, L Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Drug resistance is a major challenge in breast cancer (BC) treatment at present.
Accumulating studies indicate that breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) are responsible for the …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic alterations in hepatocellular carcinoma: An update

ZS Niu, XJ Niu, WH Wang - World journal of gastroenterology, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths
worldwide. Although recent advances in therapeutic approaches for treating HCC have …

[HTML][HTML] The power and the promise of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing for clinical application with gene therapy

N Guo, JB Liu, W Li, YS Ma, D Fu - Journal of Advanced Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)
is derived from the bacterial innate immune system and engineered as a robust gene-editing …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting epigenetic modulators using PROTAC degraders: Current status and future perspective

T Webb, C Craigon, A Ciulli - Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Epigenetic modulators perform critical functions in gene expression for rapid adaption to
external stimuli and are prevalent in all higher-order organisms. The establishment of a link …

CRISPR-Cas9 therapeutics in cancer: promising strategies and present challenges

L Yi, J Li - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cancer is characterized by multiple genetic and epigenetic alterations that drive malignant
cell proliferation and confer chemoresistance. The ability to correct or ablate such mutations …

Anticancer effects of asiatic acid against doxorubicin-resistant breast cancer cells via an AMPK-dependent pathway in vitro

Z Zhu, L Cui, J Yang, CT Vong, Y Hu, J Xiao, G Chan… - Phytomedicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Asiatic acid is one of the active compounds isolated from Centella
asiatica and has been used to treat many diseases, including hypertension, pulmonary …