The MYC oncogene — the grand orchestrator of cancer growth and immune evasion

R Dhanasekaran, A Deutzmann… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
The MYC proto-oncogenes encode a family of transcription factors that are among the most
commonly activated oncoproteins in human neoplasias. Indeed, MYC aberrations or …

From NASH to HCC: current concepts and future challenges

QM Anstee, HL Reeves, E Kotsiliti, O Govaere… - Nature reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Caloric excess and sedentary lifestyle have led to a global epidemic of obesity and
metabolic syndrome. The hepatic consequence of metabolic syndrome and obesity …

Cellular senescence is immunogenic and promotes antitumor immunity

I Marin, O Boix, A Garcia-Garijo, I Sirois, A Caballe… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Cellular senescence is a stress response that activates innate immune cells, but little is
known about its interplay with the adaptive immune system. Here, we show that senescent …

Targeting transcription factors in cancer—from undruggable to reality

JH Bushweller - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Mutated or dysregulated transcription factors represent a unique class of drug targets that
mediate aberrant gene expression, including blockade of differentiation and cell death gene …

Unmasking senescence: context-dependent effects of SASP in cancer

DV Faget, Q Ren, SA Stewart - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Cellular senescence plays a critical role in tumorigenesis. Once thought of as a tissue
culture artefact by some researchers, senescence is now a major field of study. Although …

Impact of oncogenic pathways on evasion of antitumour immune responses

S Spranger, TF Gajewski - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
Immunotherapeutic interventions are showing effectiveness across a wide range of cancer
types, but only a subset of patients shows clinical response to therapy. Responsiveness to …

MYC regulates the antitumor immune response through CD47 and PD-L1

SC Casey, L Tong, Y Li, R Do, S Walz, KN Fitzgerald… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The MYC oncogene codes for a transcription factor that is overexpressed in many human
cancers. Here we show that MYC regulates the expression of two immune checkpoint …

Drug development in the era of precision medicine

SA Dugger, A Platt, DB Goldstein - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2018 - nature.com
For the past three decades, the use of genomics to inform drug discovery and development
pipelines has generated both excitement and scepticism. Although earlier efforts …

NAFLD causes selective CD4+ T lymphocyte loss and promotes hepatocarcinogenesis

C Ma, AH Kesarwala, T Eggert, J Medina-Echeverz… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second most common cause of cancer-related death.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects a large proportion of the US population and …

[HTML][HTML] The opportunities and challenges in immunotherapy: Insights from the regulation of PD-L1 in cancer cells

Q Lin, X Wang, Y Hu - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
The immunosuppressive molecule programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is frequently
upregulated in human cancers. Binding of PD-L1 to its receptor, programmed death-1 (PD …