Neoantigens: promising targets for cancer therapy

N Xie, G Shen, W Gao, Z Huang, C Huang… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent advances in neoantigen research have accelerated the development and regulatory
approval of tumor immunotherapies, including cancer vaccines, adoptive cell therapy and …

Targeting splicing factors for cancer therapy

A Bashari, Z Siegfried, R Karni - RNA, 2023 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Alternative splicing (AS) of mRNAs is an essential regulatory mechanism in eukaryotic gene
expression. AS misregulation, caused by either dysregulation or mutation of splicing factors …

Endogenous retroelements in hematological malignancies: From epigenetic dysregulation to therapeutic targeting

M Chour, F Porteu, S Depil… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Endogenous retroelements (EREs), which comprise half of the human genome, play a
pivotal role in genome dynamics. Some EREs retained the ability to encode proteins …

[HTML][HTML] Mutant KRAS Mediates circARFGEF2 Biogenesis to Promote Lymphatic Metastasis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Y Kong, Y Luo, S Zheng, J Yang, D Zhang, Y Zhao… - Cancer Research, 2023 - AACR
Circular RNAs (circRNA) contribute to cancer stemness, proliferation, and metastasis. The
biogenesis of circRNAs can be impacted by the genetic landscape of tumors. Herein, we …

Regulation of pre-mRNA splicing: indispensable role of post-translational modifications of splicing factors

M Kretova, T Selicky, I Cipakova, L Cipak - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pre-mRNA splicing is a process used by eukaryotic cells to generate messenger RNAs that
can be translated into proteins. During splicing, the non-coding regions of the RNAs (introns) …

Tumor Antigens beyond the Human Exome

L Emilius, F Bremm, AK Binder, N Schaft… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
With the advent of immunotherapeutics, a new era in the combat against cancer has begun.
Particularly promising are neo-epitope-targeted therapies as the expression of neo-antigens …

Isoform-specific knockdown of long and intermediate prolactin receptors interferes with evolution of B-cell neoplasms

A Taghi Khani, A Kumar, A Sanchez Ortiz… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Prolactin (PRL) is elevated in B-cell-mediated lymphoproliferative diseases and promotes B-
cell survival. Whether PRL or PRL receptors drive the evolution of B-cell malignancies is …

Identification of BAY61‐3606 Derivatives With Improved Activity in Splicing Modulation That Induces Inclusion of Cassette Exons Similar to the Splicing Factor 3B …

T Matsumaru, T Iwamatsu, K Ishigami… - Chemical Biology & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Splicing modulation by a small compound offers therapeutic potential for diseases caused
by splicing abnormality. However, only a few classes of compounds that can modulate …

Covalent Targeting of Splicing in T Cells

KA Scott, H Kojima, N Ropek, CD Warren, TL Zhang… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Despite significant interest in therapeutic targeting of splicing, few chemical probes are
available for the proteins involved in splicing. Here, we show that elaborated stereoisomeric …

Alternative splicing: a potential therapeutic target in hematological malignancies

G Temaj, S Chichiarelli, S Saha… - Hematology …, 2024 - iris.uniroma1.it
Leukemia represents the most prevalent malignancy in children, constituting 30% of
childhood cancer cases, with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) being particularly …