Tackling tumor microenvironment through epigenetic tools to improve cancer immunotherapy

I Lodewijk, SP Nunes, R Henrique, C Jerónimo… - Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Background Epigenetic alterations are known contributors to cancer development and
aggressiveness. Additional to alterations in cancer cells, aberrant epigenetic marks are …

Role of epigenetic regulation in plasticity of tumor immune microenvironment

Y Yang, Y Wang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The tumor immune microenvironment (TIME), an immunosuppressive niche, plays a pivotal
role in contributing to the development, progression, and immune escape of various types of …

Epigenetic regulation in the tumor microenvironment: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets

J Yang, J Xu, W Wang, B Zhang, X Yu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Over decades, researchers have focused on the epigenetic control of DNA-templated
processes. Histone modification, DNA methylation, chromatin remodeling, RNA modification …

Epigenetics in modulating immune functions of stromal and immune cells in the tumor microenvironment

X Pan, L Zheng - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Epigenetic regulation of gene expression in cancer cells has been extensively studied in
recent decades, resulting in the FDA approval of multiple epigenetic agents for treating …

Epigenetic regulation of immune checkpoints: another target for cancer immunotherapy?

MA Ali, M Matboli, M Tarek, M Reda, KM Kamal… - …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Epigenetic changes in oncogenes and tumor-suppressor genes contribute to
carcinogenesis. Understanding the epigenetic and genetic components of tumor immune …

Epigenetic remodeling of the immune landscape in cancer: therapeutic hurdles and opportunities

FM Tien, HH Lu, SY Lin, HC Tsai - Journal of Biomedical Science, 2023 - Springer
The tumor immune microenvironment represents a sophisticated ecosystem where various
immune cell subtypes communicate with cancer cells and stromal cells. The dynamic …

Understanding the epigenetic regulation of tumours and their microenvironments: opportunities and problems for epigenetic therapy

M Liu, J Zhou, Z Chen, ASL Cheng - The Journal of pathology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The tumour microenvironment plays an instrumental role in cancer development,
progression and treatment response/resistance. Accumulating evidence is underscoring the …

A new trend in cancer treatment: the combination of epigenetics and immunotherapy

Z Liu, Y Ren, S Weng, H Xu, L Li, X Han - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, immunotherapy has become a hot spot in the treatment of tumors. As an
emerging treatment, it solves many problems in traditional cancer treatment and has now …

Enhancing anti-tumor immune responses through combination therapies: epigenetic drugs and immune checkpoint inhibitors

Y Liang, L Wang, P Ma, D Ju, M Zhao… - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Epigenetic mechanisms are processes that affect gene expression and cellular functions
without involving changes in the DNA sequence. This abnormal or unstable expression of …

Leveraging epigenetics to enhance the efficacy of immunotherapy

JD Licht, RL Bennett - Clinical Epigenetics, 2021 - Springer
Background Epigenetic mechanisms regulate chromatin accessibility patterns that govern
interaction of transcription machinery with genes and their cis-regulatory elements …