Cancer epigenetics in clinical practice

V Davalos, M Esteller - CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer development is driven by the accumulation of alterations affecting the structure and
function of the genome. Whereas genetic changes disrupt the DNA sequence, epigenetic …

MYC: a multipurpose oncogene with prognostic and therapeutic implications in blood malignancies

SE Ahmadi, S Rahimi, B Zarandi, R Chegeni… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
MYC oncogene is a transcription factor with a wide array of functions affecting cellular
activities such as cell cycle, apoptosis, DNA damage response, and hematopoiesis. Due to …

Enhancers in disease: molecular basis and emerging treatment strategies

A Claringbould, JB Zaugg - Trends in molecular medicine, 2021 - cell.com
Enhancers are genomic sequences that play a key role in regulating tissue-specific gene
expression levels. An increasing number of diseases are linked to impaired enhancer …

BET bromodomain inhibitors: novel design strategies and therapeutic applications

KKW To, E Xing, RC Larue, PK Li - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The mammalian bromodomain and extra-terminal domain (BET) family of proteins consists
of four conserved members (Brd2, Brd3, Brd4, and Brdt) that regulate numerous cancer …

BET proteins: Biological functions and therapeutic interventions

J Guo, Q Zheng, Y Peng - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2023 - Elsevier
Bromodomain and extra-terminal (BET) family member proteins (BRD2, BRD3, BRD4 and
BRDT) play a pivotal role in interpreting the epigenetic information of histone Kac …

BET proteins as attractive targets for cancer therapeutics

J Sarnik, T Popławski, P Tokarz - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Transcriptional dysregulation is a hallmark of cancer and can be an essential driver of
cancer initiation and progression. Loss of transcriptional control can cause cancer cells to …

MYCN impact on high-risk neuroblastoma: from diagnosis and prognosis to targeted treatment

D Bartolucci, L Montemurro, S Raieli, S Lampis… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Neuroblastoma is one of the most diffuse and the deadliest cancer in
children. While many advances have been made in the last few decades to improve patients' …

Bromodomain and extraterminal (BET) proteins: biological functions, diseases, and targeted therapy

ZQ Wang, ZC Zhang, YY Wu, YN Pi, SH Lou… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
BET proteins, which influence gene expression and contribute to the development of cancer,
are epigenetic interpreters. Thus, BET inhibitors represent a novel form of epigenetic …

Report of the first international symposium on NUT carcinoma

CA French, ML Cheng, GJ Hanna, SG DuBois… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
NUT carcinoma is a rare, aggressive cancer defined by rearrangements of the NUTM1 gene.
No routinely effective treatments of NUT carcinoma exist, despite harboring a targetable …

Epigenetics-targeted drugs: current paradigms and future challenges

W Dai, X Qiao, Y Fang, R Guo, P Bai, S Liu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Epigenetics governs a chromatin state regulatory system through five key mechanisms: DNA
modification, histone modification, RNA modification, chromatin remodeling, and non-coding …