Extracellular vesicles and exosomes generated from cystic renal epithelial cells promote cyst growth in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

H Ding, LX Li, PC Harris, J Yang, X Li - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is caused by germline mutations of
PKD1 or PKD2 on one allele and a somatic mutation inactivating the remaining normal …

Aggressive PDACs show hypomethylation of repetitive elements and the execution of an intrinsic IFN program linked to a ductal cell of origin

E Espinet, Z Gu, CD Imbusch, NA Giese, M Büscher… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by extensive desmoplasia,
which challenges the molecular analyses of bulk tumor samples. Here we FACS-purified …

Targeting DHX9 triggers tumor-intrinsic interferon response and replication stress in small cell lung cancer

T Murayama, J Nakayama, X Jiang, K Miyata… - Cancer Discovery, 2024 - AACR
Activating innate immunity in cancer cells through cytoplasmic nucleic acid sensing
pathways, a phenomenon known as “viral mimicry,” has emerged as an effective strategy to …

Targeting lysine-specific demethylase 1 rescues major histocompatibility complex class I antigen presentation and overcomes programmed death-ligand 1 blockade …

EM Nguyen, H Taniguchi, JM Chan, YA Zhan… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction SCLC is a highly aggressive neuroendocrine tumor that is characterized by
early acquired therapeutic resistance and modest benefit from immune checkpoint blockade …

Nuclear membrane rupture and its consequences

J Maciejowski, EM Hatch - Annual review of cell and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The nuclear envelope is often depicted as a static barrier that regulates access between the
nucleus and the cytosol. However, recent research has identified many conditions in …

Clonally expanded T cells reveal immunogenicity of rhabdoid tumors

A Leruste, J Tosello, RN Ramos, A Tauziède-Espariat… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
Rhabdoid tumors (RTs) are genomically simple pediatric cancers driven by the biallelic
inactivation of SMARCB1, leading to SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler complex deficiency …

DNMT and EZH2 inhibitors synergize to activate therapeutic targets in hepatocellular carcinoma

L Zhang, HT Li, R Shereda, Q Lu, DJ Weisenberger… - Cancer letters, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of more effective targeted therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
patients due to its aggressiveness is urgently needed. DNA methyltransferase inhibitors …

Cell cycle and beyond: exploiting new RB1 controlled mechanisms for cancer therapy

ES Knudsen, SC Pruitt, PA Hershberger, AK Witkiewicz… - Trends in cancer, 2019 - cell.com
Recent studies highlight the importance of the RB1 tumor suppressor as a target for cancer
therapy. Canonically, RB1 regulates cell cycle progression and represents the downstream …

Reprogramming of the esophageal squamous carcinoma epigenome by SOX2 promotes ADAR1 dependence

Z Wu, J Zhou, X Zhang, Z Zhang, Y Xie, J Liu, ZV Ho… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (ESCCs) harbor recurrent chromosome 3q
amplifications that target the transcription factor SOX2. Beyond its role as an oncogene in …

Genomics of response to immune checkpoint therapies for cancer: implications for precision medicine

JR Conway, E Kofman, SS Mo, H Elmarakeby… - Genome medicine, 2018 - Springer
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapies, which potentiate the body's natural immune
response against tumor cells, have shown immense promise in the treatment of various …