Intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathway signaling as determinants of histone deacetylase inhibitor antitumor activity

GM Matthews, A Newbold, RW Johnstone - Advances in cancer research, 2012 - Elsevier
Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) can elicit a range of biological responses that
impede the growth and/or survival of tumor cells. Depending on the physiological context …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors require caspase activity to induce apoptosis in lung and prostate carcinoma cells

J Sonnemann, M Hartwig, A Plath, KS Kumar, C Müller… - Cancer letters, 2006 - Elsevier
Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDIs) are a promising new class of antineoplastic agents
with the capacity to induce growth arrest and/or apoptosis of cancer cells. However, their …

Regulation of apoptosis-associated genes by histone deacetylase inhibitors: implications in cancer therapy

AR Jazirehi - Anti-cancer drugs, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Anomalous gene regulation, dictated by epigenetic modifications, is a universal
characteristic of cancer cells. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are an important class of …

[HTML][HTML] Histone deacetylase inhibitor-mediated cell death is distinct from its global effect on chromatin

VL Luchenko, T Litman, AR Chakraborty, A Heffner… - Molecular …, 2014 - Elsevier
Romidepsin and vorinostat are histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis) that have activity in
T-cell lymphomas, but have not gained traction in solid tumors. To gain deeper insight into …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors: mechanisms and clinical significance in cancer: HDAC inhibitor-induced apoptosis.

S Shankar, RK Srivastava - Advances in experimental medicine and …, 2008 - europepmc.org
Epigenic modifications, mainly DNA methylation and acetylation, are recognized as the main
mechanisms contributing to the malignant phenotype. Acetylation and deacetylation are …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors: molecular mechanisms of action

WS Xu, RB Parmigiani, PA Marks - Oncogene, 2007 - nature.com
This review focuses on the mechanisms of action of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors
(HDACi), a group of recently discovered 'targeted'anticancer agents. There are 18 HDACs …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors: potential targets responsible for their anti-cancer effect

M Dickinson, RW Johnstone, HM Prince - Investigational new drugs, 2010 - Springer
The histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) have demonstrated anticancer efficacy across a
range of malignancies, most impressively in the hematological cancers. It is uncertain …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors: apoptotic effects and clinical implications

S Emanuele, M Lauricella… - … journal of oncology, 2008 - spandidos-publications.com
It has been shown that epigenetic modifications play an important role in tumorigenesis.
Thus, affecting epigenetic tumorigenic alterations can represent a promising strategy for …

Mechanisms of selective anticancer action of histone deacetylase inhibitors

A Insinga, S Minucci, PG Pelicci - Cell Cycle, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) regulate transcription and specific functions, such as tumor
suppression by p53, and are frequently altered in cancer. Inhibitors of HDACs (HDACI) …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors and cell death

J Zhang, Q Zhong - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2014 - Springer
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are a vast family of enzymes involved in chromatin
remodeling and have crucial roles in numerous biological processes, largely through their …