The emerging role of epigenetic therapeutics in immuno-oncology

MJ Topper, M Vaz, KA Marrone, JR Brahmer… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The past decade has seen the emergence of immunotherapy as a prime approach to cancer
treatment, revolutionizing the management of many types of cancer. Despite the promise of …

DNA methyltransferase inhibitors combination therapy for the treatment of solid tumor: mechanism and clinical application

C Hu, X Liu, Y Zeng, J Liu, F Wu - Clinical Epigenetics, 2021 - Springer
DNA methylation, an epigenetic modification, regulates gene transcription and maintains
genome stability. DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) inhibitors can activate silenced genes at …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptional regulation and its misregulation in disease

TI Lee, RA Young - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
The gene expression programs that establish and maintain specific cell states in humans
are controlled by thousands of transcription factors, cofactors, and chromatin regulators …

Dynamic DNA methylation across diverse human cell lines and tissues

KE Varley, J Gertz, KM Bowling, SL Parker… - Genome …, 2013 - genome.cshlp.org
As studies of DNA methylation increase in scope, it has become evident that methylation has
a complex relationship with gene expression, plays an important role in defining cell types …

Epigenetics and colorectal cancer

VV Lao, WM Grady - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2011 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. It results from an
accumulation of genetic and epigenetic changes in colon epithelial cells, which transforms …

Epigenetic determinants of cancer

SB Baylin, PA Jones - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2016 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Epigenetic changes are present in all human cancers and are now known to cooperate with
genetic alterations to drive the cancer phenotype. These changes involve DNA methylation …

Serum DKK1 as a protein biomarker for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: a large-scale, multicentre study

Q Shen, J Fan, XR Yang, Y Tan, W Zhao, Y Xu… - The lancet …, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is prevalent worldwide and improvements in
timely and effective diagnosis are needed. We assessed whether measurement of Dickkopf …

[HTML][HTML] Infrared spectroscopy and microscopy in cancer research and diagnosis

G Bellisola, C Sorio - American journal of cancer research, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Since the middle of 20 th century infrared (IR) spectroscopy coupled to microscopy (IR
microspectroscopy) has been recognized as a non destructive, label free, highly sensitive …

Cancer epigenetics: an introduction

R Kanwal, K Gupta, S Gupta - Cancer Epigenetics: Risk Assessment …, 2015 - Springer
Epigenetic and genetic alterations contribute to cancer initiation and progression.
Epigenetics refers to the study of heritable changes in gene expression without alterations in …

Vitamin D and the epigenome

IS Fetahu, J Höbaus, E Kállay - Frontiers in physiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Epigenetic mechanisms play a crucial role in regulating gene expression. The main
mechanisms involve methylation of DNA and covalent modifications of histones by …