The SWI/SNF complex in cancer—biology, biomarkers and therapy

P Mittal, CWM Roberts - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer genome-sequencing studies have revealed a remarkably high prevalence of
mutations in genes encoding subunits of the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodelling complexes …

Chromatin remodellers as therapeutic targets

HA Malone, CWM Roberts - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
Large-scale cancer genome sequencing studies have revealed that chromatin regulators
are frequently mutated in cancer. In particular, more than 20% of cancers harbour mutations …

Biologically informed deep neural network for prostate cancer discovery

HA Elmarakeby, J Hwang, R Arafeh, J Crowdis, S Gang… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The determination of molecular features that mediate clinically aggressive phenotypes in
prostate cancer remains a major biological and clinical challenge,. Recent advances in …

Discovery of Sulanemadlin (ALRN-6924), the first cell-permeating, stabilized α-helical peptide in clinical development

V Guerlavais, TK Sawyer, L Carvajal… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report the discovery of sulanemadlin (ALRN-6924), the first cell-permeating, stabilized α-
helical peptide to enter clinical trials. ALRN-6924 is a “stapled peptide” that mimics the N …

A first-generation pediatric cancer dependency map

NV Dharia, G Kugener, LM Guenther, CF Malone… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Exciting therapeutic targets are emerging from CRISPR-based screens of high mutational-
burden adult cancers. A key question, however, is whether functional genomic approaches …

Molecular characteristics and therapeutic vulnerabilities across paediatric solid tumours

DTW Jones, A Banito, TGP Grünewald, M Haber… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The spectrum of tumours arising in childhood is fundamentally different from that seen in
adults, and they are known to be divergent from adult malignancies in terms of cellular …

Exploiting vulnerabilities of SWI/SNF chromatin remodelling complexes for cancer therapy

M Wanior, A Krämer, S Knapp, AC Joerger - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
Multi-subunit ATPase-dependent chromatin remodelling complexes SWI/SNF
(switch/sucrose non-fermentable) are fundamental epigenetic regulators of gene …

SMARCB1-deficient cancers: novel molecular insights and therapeutic vulnerabilities

GW Cooper, AL Hong - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Loss of SMARCB1 has been identified as the sole mutation in a number of
rare pediatric and adult cancers, most of which have a poor prognosis despite intensive …

PPM1D mutations are oncogenic drivers of de novo diffuse midline glioma formation

P Khadka, ZJ Reitman, S Lu, G Buchan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The role of PPM1D mutations in de novo gliomagenesis has not been systematically
explored. Here we analyze whole genome sequences of 170 pediatric high-grade gliomas …

Targeted polymersome delivery of a stapled peptide for drugging the tumor protein p53: BCL-2-family axis in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

MR Schnorenberg, KM Hawley, AT Thomas-Toth… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) remains a formidable diagnosis in need of new
treatment paradigms. In this work, we elucidated an opportunity for therapeutic synergy in …