STING inhibits the reactivation of dormant metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma

J Hu, FJ Sánchez-Rivera, Z Wang, GN Johnson, Y Ho… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Metastasis frequently develops from disseminated cancer cells that remain dormant after the
apparently successful treatment of a primary tumour. These cells fluctuate between an …

Base editing sensor libraries for high-throughput engineering and functional analysis of cancer-associated single nucleotide variants

FJ Sánchez-Rivera, BJ Diaz, ER Kastenhuber… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Base editing can be applied to characterize single nucleotide variants of unknown function,
yet defining effective combinations of single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) and base editors …

Aberrant gene activation in synovial sarcoma relies on SSX specificity and increased PRC1. 1 stability

NS Benabdallah, V Dalal, RW Scott… - Nature Structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
The SS18-SSX fusion drives oncogenic transformation in synovial sarcoma by bridging
SS18, a member of the mSWI/SNF (BAF) complex, to Polycomb repressive complex 1 …

An overview of targeted therapies in acute myeloid leukemia

S Turkalj, FA Radtke, P Vyas - Hemasphere, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most aggressive adult leukemia, characterized by
clonal differentiation arrest of progenitor or precursor hematopoietic cells. Intense preclinical …

Context-defined cancer co-dependency mapping identifies a functional interplay between PRC2 and MLL-MEN1 complex in lymphoma

X Chen, Y Li, F Zhu, X Xu, B Estrella, MA Pazos… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Interplay between chromatin-associated complexes and modifications critically contribute to
the partitioning of epigenome into stable and functionally distinct domains. Yet there is a lack …

Non-genetic mechanisms of drug resistance in acute leukemias

A Calderon, C Han, S Karma, E Wang - Trends in Cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Acute leukemia is characterized by clonal heterogeneity that contributes to poor drug
responses in patients. Despite treatment advances, the occurrence of relapse remains a …

MLL3 regulates the CDKN2A tumor suppressor locus in liver cancer

C Zhu, YM Soto-Feliciano, JP Morris, CH Huang… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Mutations in genes encoding components of chromatin modifying and remodeling
complexes are among the most frequently observed somatic events in human cancers. For …

Therapeutic targeting of metabolic vulnerabilities in cancers with MLL3/4-COMPASS epigenetic regulator mutations

Z Zhao, K Cao, J Watanabe, CN Philips… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Epigenetic status–altering mutations in chromatin-modifying enzymes are a feature of
human diseases, including many cancers. However, the functional outcomes and cellular …

Menin Inhibition With Revumenib for KMT2A-Rearranged Relapsed or Refractory Acute Leukemia (AUGMENT-101)

GC Issa, I Aldoss, MJ Thirman, J DiPersio… - Journal of clinical …, 2024 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Revumenib, an oral, small molecule inhibitor of the menin-lysine
methyltransferase 2A (KMT2A) interaction, showed promising efficacy and safety in a phase …

Menin–MLL1 Interaction Small Molecule Inhibitors: A Potential Therapeutic Strategy for Leukemia and Cancers

Q Shi, M Xu, Z Kang, M Zhang, Y Luo - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Encoded by the MEN1 gene, menin protein is a fusion protein that is essential for the
oncogenic transformation of mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) and leads to acute leukemia …