Histone deacetylases (HDACs): evolution, specificity, role in transcriptional complexes, and pharmacological actionability

G Milazzo, D Mercatelli, G Di Muzio, L Triboli… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are evolutionary conserved enzymes which operate by
removing acetyl groups from histones and other protein regulatory factors, with functional …

Current perspectives on diffuse midline glioma and a different role for the immune microenvironment compared to glioblastoma

CJ Pachocki, EM Hol - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2022 - Springer
Diffuse midline glioma (DMG), formerly called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), is a
high-grade malignant pediatric brain tumor with a near-zero survival rate. To date, only …

Integrated molecular meta-analysis of 1,000 pediatric high-grade and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

A Mackay, A Burford, D Carvalho, E Izquierdo… - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
We collated data from 157 unpublished cases of pediatric high-grade glioma and diffuse
intrinsic pontine glioma and 20 publicly available datasets in an integrated analysis of> …

Transcriptional dependencies in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

S Nagaraja, NA Vitanza, PJ Woo, KR Taylor, F Liu… - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a fatal pediatric cancer with limited therapeutic
options. The majority of cases of DIPG exhibit a mutation in histone-3 (H3K27M) that results …

H3. 3K27M cooperates with Trp53 loss and PDGFRA gain in mouse embryonic neural progenitor cells to induce invasive high-grade gliomas

M Pathania, N De Jay, N Maestro, AS Harutyunyan… - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
Gain-of-function mutations in histone 3 (H3) variants are found in a substantial proportion of
pediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGG), often in association with TP53 loss and platelet …

Dual targeting of polyamine synthesis and uptake in diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas

A Khan, LD Gamble, DH Upton, C Ung, DMT Yu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is an incurable malignant childhood brain tumor, with
no active systemic therapies and a 5-year survival of less than 1%. Polyamines are small …

Re-programing chromatin with a bifunctional LSD1/HDAC inhibitor induces therapeutic differentiation in DIPG

JN Anastas, BM Zee, JH Kalin, M Kim, R Guo… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
Summary H3K27M mutations resulting in epigenetic dysfunction are frequently observed in
diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPGs), an incurable pediatric cancer. We conduct a …

Treatment strategies in diffuse midline gliomas with the H3K27M mutation: the role of convection-enhanced delivery in overcoming anatomic challenges

BT Himes, L Zhang, DJ Daniels - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Diffuse midline gliomas harboring the H3 K27M mutation—including the previously named
diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG)—are lethal high-grade pediatric brain tumors that are …

Epigenome programming by H3. 3K27M mutation creates a dependence of pediatric glioma on SMARCA4

Y Mo, S Duan, X Zhang, X Hua, H Zhou, HJ Wei… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
Patients with diffuse midline gliomas that are H3K27 altered (DMG) display a dismal
prognosis. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying DMG tumorigenesis remain …

Drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors–An update

EA Power, JS Rechberger, S Gupta… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Even though the last decade has seen a surge in the identification of molecular targets and
targeted therapies in pediatric brain tumors, the blood brain barrier (BBB) remains a …