The role of epigenetic modifications in human cancers and the use of natural compounds as epidrugs: Mechanistic pathways and pharmacodynamic actions

A Bouyahya, H Mechchate, L Oumeslakht, I Zeouk… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a complex disease resulting from the genetic and epigenetic disruption of normal
cells. The mechanistic understanding of the pathways involved in tumor transformation has …

Natural bioactive compounds targeting epigenetic pathways in cancer: a review on alkaloids, terpenoids, quinones, and isothiocyanates

N El Omari, S Bakrim, M Bakha, JM Lorenzo… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the most complex and systemic diseases affecting the health of mankind,
causing major deaths with a significant increase. This pathology is caused by several risk …

Mechanisms and cross-talk of regulated cell death and their epigenetic modifications in tumor progression

R He, Y Liu, W Fu, X He, S Liu, D Xiao, Y Tao - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Cell death is a fundamental part of life for metazoans. To maintain the balance between cell
proliferation and metabolism of human bodies, a certain number of cells need to be removed …

Depleting long noncoding RNA HOTAIR attenuates chronic myelocytic leukemia progression by binding to DNA methyltransferase 1 and inhibiting PTEN gene …

H Song, L Chen, W Liu, X Xu, Y Zhou, J Zhu… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are known to play a key role in chronic myelocytic
leukemia (CML) development, and we aimed to identify the involvement of the lncRNA HOX …

[HTML][HTML] Natural bioactive compounds targeting DNA methyltransferase enzymes in cancer: Mechanisms insights and efficiencies

T Aanniz, A Bouyahya, A Balahbib, K El Kadiri… - Chemico-Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
The regulation of gene expression is fundamental to health and life and is essentially carried
out at the promoter region of the DNA of each gene. Depending on the molecular context …

Learning cell-type-specific gene regulation mechanisms by multi-attention based deep learning with regulatory latent space

M Kang, S Lee, D Lee, S Kim - Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Epigenetic gene regulation is a major control mechanism of gene expression. Most existing
methods for modeling control mechanisms of gene expression use only a single epigenetic …

Destroying the shield of cancer stem cells: Natural compounds as promising players in cancer therapy

M Lo Iacono, M Gaggianesi, P Bianca… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In a scenario where eco-sustainability and a reduction in chemotherapeutic drug waste are
certainly a prerogative to safeguard the biosphere, the use of natural products (NPs) …

Lunasin and Its Epigenetic Impact in Cancer Chemoprevention

A Kaufman-Szymczyk, W Kaczmarek… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cancer diseases are a leading cause of death worldwide. Therefore, it is pivotal to search
for bioactive dietary compounds that can avert tumor development. A diet rich in vegetables …

Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor gamma as potential therapeutic target for chronic myeloid leukemia patients

MA Ismail, C Sorio, N Al-Dewik - Cancer Control, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The worldwide CML incidence expects 100,000 patients every year thus representing a
substantial health burden. A year 2000 is notable year, where Tyrosine kinase inhibitors …

Polyphenol-mediated epigenetic regulation of human cancer breast

P Mireles-Elizalde, R Martínez-Flores… - Studies in Natural …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer is a disease related to uncontrolled growth and spreading of affected cells via a
blood torrent. Breast cancer (BC) is a cancer type that originates mainly in milk glands and …