Therapeutic targeting of “undruggable” MYC

V Llombart, MR Mansour - EBioMedicine, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary c-MYC controls global gene expression and regulates cell proliferation, cell
differentiation, cell cycle, metabolism and apoptosis. According to some estimates, MYC is …

MYC protein interactors in gene transcription and cancer

C Lourenco, D Resetca, C Redel, P Lin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The transcription factor and oncoprotein MYC is a potent driver of many human cancers and
can regulate numerous biological activities that contribute to tumorigenesis. How a single …

EZH2 inhibition sensitizes MYC-high medulloblastoma cancers to PARP inhibition by regulating NUPR1-mediated DNA repair

J Yu, J Han, M Yu, H Rui, A Sun, H Li - Oncogene, 2024 - nature.com
MYC-driven medulloblastomas (MB) are highly aggressive pediatric brain tumors with poor
outcomes, and effective therapies remain limited despite intensive multimodal treatments …

MYC targeting by OMO-103 in solid tumors: a phase 1 trial

E Garralda, ME Beaulieu, V Moreno… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Among the 'most wanted'targets in cancer therapy is the oncogene MYC, which coordinates
key transcriptional programs in tumor development and maintenance. It has, however, long …

MYC: a complex problem

SK Das, BA Lewis, D Levens - Trends in cell biology, 2023 - cell.com
The MYC protooncogene functions as a universal amplifier of transcription through
interaction with numerous factors and complexes that regulate almost every cellular process …

[HTML][HTML] MYC assembles and stimulates topoisomerases 1 and 2 in a “topoisome”

SK Das, V Kuzin, DP Cameron, S Sanford, RK Jha… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
High-intensity transcription and replication supercoil DNA to levels that can impede or halt
these processes. As a potent transcription amplifier and replication accelerator, the proto …

EZH2-Myc driven glioblastoma elicited by cytomegalovirus infection of human astrocytes

R El Baba, S Pasquereau, S Haidar Ahmad, F Monnien… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Mounting evidence is identifying human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) as a potential oncogenic
virus. HCMV has been detected in malignant gliomas. EZH2 and Myc play a potential …

Multi-transcriptome analysis following an acute skeletal muscle growth stimulus yields tools for discerning global and MYC regulatory networks

KA Murach, Z Liu, B Jude, VC Figueiredo, Y Wen… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Myc is a powerful transcription factor implicated in epigenetic reprogramming, cellular
plasticity, and rapid growth as well as tumorigenesis. Cancer in skeletal muscle is extremely …

Polyploid giant cancer cells, EZH2 and Myc upregulation in mammary epithelial cells infected with high-risk human cytomegalovirus

Z Nehme, S Pasquereau, SH Ahmad, R El Baba… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection has been actively implicated in
complex neoplastic processes. Beyond oncomodulation, the molecular mechanisms that …

The myc family and the metastasis suppressor NDRG1: targeting key molecular interactions with innovative therapeutics

Z Deng, DR Richardson, P Insel - Pharmacological Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, resulting in∼ 10 million deaths in 2020.
Major oncogenic effectors are the Myc proto-oncogene family, which consists of three …