The multifaceted role of chromosomal instability in cancer and its microenvironment

SF Bakhoum, LC Cantley - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is a hallmark of human cancer, and it is associated with poor
prognosis, metastasis, and therapeutic resistance. CIN results from errors in chromosome …

EZH2 inhibition activates a dsRNA–STING–interferon stress axis that potentiates response to PD-1 checkpoint blockade in prostate cancer

KL Morel, AV Sheahan, DL Burkhart, SC Baca… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Prostate cancers are considered to be immunologically 'cold'tumors given the very few
patients who respond to checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) therapy. Recently, enrichment of …

Epigenetic therapy in immune-oncology

PA Jones, H Ohtani, A Chakravarthy… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
DNA methylation inhibitors have become the mainstay for treatment of certain
haematological malignancies. In addition to their abilities to reactivate genes, including …

An evolutionarily conserved function of polycomb silences the MHC class I antigen presentation pathway and enables immune evasion in cancer

ML Burr, CE Sparbier, KL Chan, YC Chan… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
Loss of MHC class I (MHC-I) antigen presentation in cancer cells can elicit immunotherapy
resistance. A genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen identified an evolutionarily conserved …

Genomic correlates of response to immune checkpoint blockade

TE Keenan, KP Burke, EM Van Allen - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Despite impressive durable responses, immune checkpoint inhibitors do not provide a long-
term benefit to the majority of patients with cancer. Understanding genomic correlates of …

The complementarity of DDR, nucleic acids and anti-tumour immunity

AVR Kornepati, CM Rogers, P Sung, TJ Curiel - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) immunotherapy is a first-line treatment for selected
cancers, yet the mechanisms of its efficacy remain incompletely understood. Furthermore …

Suppression of STING associated with LKB1 loss in KRAS-driven lung cancer

S Kitajima, E Ivanova, S Guo, R Yoshida, M Campisi… - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
KRAS-driven lung cancers frequently inactivate TP53 and/or STK11/LKB1, defining tumor
subclasses with emerging clinical relevance. Specifically, KRAS-LKB1 (KL)–mutant lung …

IFITM proteins: Understanding their diverse roles in viral infection, cancer, and immunity

M Gómez-Herranz, J Taylor, RD Sloan - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
Interferon-induced transmembrane proteins (IFITMs) are broad spectrum antiviral factors that
inhibit the entry of a wide range of clinically important pathogens including influenza A virus …

Endogenous retroelements and the viral mimicry response in cancer therapy and cellular homeostasis

R Chen, CA Ishak, DD De Carvalho - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Features of the cancer epigenome distinguish cancers from their respective cell of origin and
establish therapeutic vulnerabilities that can be exploited through pharmacologic inhibition …

STING activation promotes robust immune response and NK cell–mediated tumor regression in glioblastoma models

G Berger, EH Knelson… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Immunotherapy has had a tremendous impact on cancer treatment in the past decade, with
hitherto unseen responses at advanced and metastatic stages of the disease. However, the …