Targeting epigenetic regulators for cancer therapy: mechanisms and advances in clinical trials

Y Cheng, C He, M Wang, X Ma, F Mo, S Yang… - Signal transduction and …, 2019 - nature.com
Epigenetic alternations concern heritable yet reversible changes in histone or DNA
modifications that regulate gene activity beyond the underlying sequence. Epigenetic …

Polyamine metabolism and cancer: treatments, challenges and opportunities

RA Casero Jr, T Murray Stewart, AE Pegg - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
Advances in our understanding of the metabolism and molecular functions of polyamines
and their alterations in cancer have led to resurgence in the interest of targeting polyamine …

Functional genomic landscape of acute myeloid leukaemia

JW Tyner, CE Tognon, D Bottomly, B Wilmot, SE Kurtz… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The implementation of targeted therapies for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) has been
challenging because of the complex mutational patterns within and across patients as well …

LSD1/KDM1A inhibitors in clinical trials: advances and prospects

Y Fang, G Liao, B Yu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2019 - Springer
Histone demethylase LSD1 plays key roles during carcinogenesis, targeting LSD1 is
becoming an emerging option for the treatment of cancers. Numerous LSD1 inhibitors have …

Cellular plasticity in cancer

S Yuan, RJ Norgard, BZ Stanger - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
During cancer progression, tumor cells undergo molecular and phenotypic changes
collectively referred to as cellular plasticity. Such changes result from microenvironmental …

The timeline of epigenetic drug discovery: from reality to dreams

A Ganesan, PB Arimondo, MG Rots, C Jeronimo… - Clinical …, 2019 - Springer
The flexibility of the epigenome has generated an enticing argument to explore its reversion
through pharmacological treatments as a strategy to ameliorate disease phenotypes. All …

Prospects for combining targeted and conventional cancer therapy with immunotherapy

P Gotwals, S Cameron, D Cipolletta… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Over the past 25 years, research in cancer therapeutics has largely focused on two distinct
lines of enquiry. In one approach, efforts to understand the underlying cell-autonomous …

Targeting epigenetic modifications in cancer therapy: erasing the roadmap to cancer

HP Mohammad, O Barbash, CL Creasy - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Epigenetic dysregulation is a common feature of most cancers, often occurring directly
through alteration of epigenetic machinery. Over the last several years, a new generation of …

LSD1 deletion decreases exosomal PD-L1 and restores T-cell response in gastric cancer

DD Shen, JR Pang, YP Bi, LF Zhao, YR Li, LJ Zhao… - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Background Histone lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) expression has been shown to
be significantly elevated in gastric cancer (GC) and may be associated with the proliferation …

Recent developments in epigenetic cancer therapeutics: clinical advancement and emerging trends

K Nepali, JP Liou - Journal of Biomedical Science, 2021 - Springer
Epigenetic drug discovery field has evidenced significant advancement in the recent times.
A plethora of small molecule inhibitors have progressed to clinical stage investigations and …