The quest for targets executing MYC-dependent cell transformation

M Hartl - Frontiers in oncology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
MYC represents a transcription factor with oncogenic potential converting multiple cellular
signals into a broad transcriptional response, thereby controlling the expression of …

Taking on challenging targets: making MYC druggable

D Horiuchi, B Anderton, A Goga - American Society of Clinical …, 2014 - ascopubs.org
The transcription factor proto-oncogene c-MYC (hereafter MYC) was first identified more
than 3 decades ago and has since been found deregulated in a wide variety of the most …

Strategies to target the cancer driver MYC in tumor cells

LI Weber, M Hartl - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The MYC oncoprotein functions as a master regulator of cellular transcription and executes
non-transcriptional tasks relevant to DNA replication and cell cycle regulation, thereby …

The myc oncogene: MarvelouslY complex

SK Oster, CSW Ho, EL Soucie, LZ Penn - 2002 - Elsevier
The activated product of the myc oncogene deregulates both cell growth and death check
points and, in a permissive environment, rapidly accelerates the affected clone through the …

Emerging concepts in the analysis of transcriptional targets of the MYC oncoprotein: are the targets targetable?

SB McMahon - Genes & cancer, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Activation of the MYC oncoprotein is among the most ubiquitous events in human cancer.
MYC functions in part as a sequence-specific regulator of transcription. Although early …

MYC in oncogenesis and as a target for cancer therapies

A Albihn, JI Johnsen, MA Henriksson - Advances in cancer research, 2010 - Elsevier
Abstract MYC proteins (c-MYC, MYCN, and MYCL) regulate processes involved in many if
not all aspects of cell fate. Therefore, it is not surprising that the MYC genes are deregulated …

MYC deregulation in primary human cancers

M Kalkat, J De Melo, KA Hickman, C Lourenco… - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
MYC regulates a complex biological program by transcriptionally activating and repressing
its numerous target genes. As such, MYC is a master regulator of many processes, including …

Gene transactivation and transrepression in myc-driven cancers

M Scafuro, L Capasso, V Carafa, L Altucci… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
MYC is a proto-oncogene regulating a large number of genes involved in a plethora of
cellular functions. Its deregulation results in activation of MYC gene expression and/or an …

Mission possible: advances in MYC therapeutic targeting in cancer

BL Allen-Petersen, RC Sears - BioDrugs, 2019 - Springer
MYC is a master transcriptional regulator that controls almost all cellular processes. Over the
last several decades, researchers have strived to define the context-dependent …

Genomic and proteomic analysis reveals a threshold level of MYC required for tumor maintenance

CM Shachaf, AJ Gentles, S Elchuri, D Sahoo, Y Soen… - Cancer research, 2008 - AACR
MYC overexpression has been implicated in the pathogenesis of most types of human
cancers. MYC is likely to contribute to tumorigenesis by its effects on global gene …