Epigenetic modulation of antitumor immunity for improved cancer immunotherapy

E Dai, Z Zhu, S Wahed, Z Qu, WJ Storkus, ZS Guo - Molecular cancer, 2021 - Springer
Epigenetic mechanisms play vital roles not only in cancer initiation and progression, but also
in the activation, differentiation and effector function (s) of immune cells. In this review, we …

[HTML][HTML] Augmenting antitumor immune responses with epigenetic modifying agents

E Héninger, TEG Krueger, JM Lang - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Epigenetic silencing of immune-related genes is a striking feature of the cancer genome that
occurs in the process of tumorigenesis. This phenomena impacts antigen processing and …

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 …

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 …

Cancer epigenetics, tumor immunity, and immunotherapy

J Cao, Q Yan - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
Epigenetic mechanisms, including DNA methylation, histone post-translational
modifications, and chromatin structure regulation, are critical for the interactions between …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Molecular pathways: at the crossroads of cancer epigenetics and immunotherapy

M Maio, A Covre, E Fratta, AM Di Giacomo… - Clinical Cancer …, 2015 - AACR
Epigenetic regulation allows heritably modulating gene expression profiles without
modifying the primary sequence of gDNA. Under physiologic conditions, epigenetic patterns …

Targeting the epigenetic regulation of antitumour immunity

SJ Hogg, PA Beavis, MA Dawson… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Dysregulation of the epigenome drives aberrant transcriptional programmes that promote
cancer onset and progression. Although defective gene regulation often affects oncogenic …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetics and immunotherapy: the current state of play

J Dunn, S Rao - Molecular immunology, 2017 - Elsevier
Cancer cells employ a number of mechanisms to escape immunosurveillance and facilitate
tumour progression. The recent explosion of interest in immunotherapy, especially immune …