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 …

Targeting transcription cycles in cancer

SJ Vervoort, JR Devlin, N Kwiatkowski, M Teng… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Accurate control of gene expression is essential for normal development and dysregulation
of transcription underpins cancer onset and progression. Similar to cell cycle regulation …

Harnessing metabolic dependencies in pancreatic cancers

J Encarnación-Rosado, AC Kimmelman - … Reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly aggressive disease with a 5-year
survival rate of< 10%. The tumour microenvironment (TME) of PDAC is characterized by …

Target c-Myc to treat pancreatic cancer

M Ala - Cancer biology & therapy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT C-Myc overexpression is a common finding in pancreatic cancer and predicts
the aggressive behavior of cancer cells. It binds to the promoter of different genes, thereby …

Combinatorial strategies to target RAS-driven cancers

N Perurena, L Situ, K Cichowski - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Although RAS was formerly considered undruggable, various agents that inhibit RAS or
specific RAS oncoproteins have now been developed. Indeed, the importance of directly …

CDK9: a comprehensive review of its biology, and its role as a potential target for anti-cancer agents

AT Anshabo, R Milne, S Wang, H Albrecht - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are proteins pivotal to a wide range of cellular functions,
most importantly cell division and transcription, and their dysregulations have been …

Exploiting the therapeutic implications of KRAS inhibition on tumor immunity

M Molina-Arcas, J Downward - Cancer Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Over the past decade, RAS oncogenic proteins have transitioned from being deemed
undruggable to having two clinically approved drugs, with several more in advanced stages …

Proteogenomic characterization of small cell lung cancer identifies biological insights and subtype-specific therapeutic strategies

Q Liu, J Zhang, C Guo, M Wang, C Wang, Y Yan, L Sun… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
We performed comprehensive proteogenomic characterization of small cell lung cancer
(SCLC) using paired tumors and adjacent lung tissues from 112 treatment-naive patients …

Discovery of KB-0742, a potent, selective, orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of CDK9 for MYC-dependent cancers

DB Freeman, TD Hopkins, PJ Mikochik… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Transcriptional deregulation is a hallmark of many cancers and is exemplified by genomic
amplifications of the MYC family of oncogenes, which occur in at least 20% of all solid …

Two diphosphorylated degrons control c-Myc degradation by the Fbw7 tumor suppressor

M Welcker, B Wang, DV Rusnac, Y Hussaini… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
c-Myc (hereafter, Myc) is a cancer driver whose abundance is regulated by the SCFFbw7
ubiquitin ligase and proteasomal degradation. Fbw7 binds to a phosphorylated Myc degron …