Integrated multiomic profiling identifies the epigenetic regulator PRC2 as a therapeutic target to counteract leukemia immune escape and relapse

V Gambacorta, S Beretta, M Ciccimarra, L Zito… - Cancer Discovery, 2022 - AACR
Immune escape represents a major driver of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) reemergence
after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), with up to 40% of relapses …

Endogenous retroviruses in development and health

J Wang, X Lu, W Zhang, GH Liu - Trends in Microbiology, 2023 - cell.com
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are evolutionary remnants of retroviral infections in which
the viral genome became embedded as a dormant regulatory element within the host …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infection mediates differential expression of human endogenous retroviruses and long interspersed nuclear elements

JL Marston, M Greenig, M Singh, ML Bendall… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
SARS-CoV-2 promotes an imbalanced host response that underlies the development and
severity of COVID-19. Infections with viruses are known to modulate transposable elements …

Tumor-targeted nano-delivery system of therapeutic RNA

M Wang, J Zhao, H Jiang, X Wang - Materials horizons, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The birth of RNAi technology has pioneered actionability at the molecular level. Compared
to DNA, RNA is less stable and therefore requires more demanding delivery vehicles. With …

[HTML][HTML] Kidney cancer: the next decade

S Turajlic, C Swanton, C Boshoff - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2018 - rupress.org
Malignant kidney tumors account for 2% of the global cancer burden, and its incidence is on
the rise. In 2018, 63,000 new cases and 15,000 deaths due to kidney cancer will occur in the …

Evasion of innate immunity contributes to small cell lung cancer progression and metastasis

M Zhu, Y Huang, ME Bender, L Girard, R Kollipara… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a pulmonary neuroendocrine cancer with very poor
prognosis and limited effective therapeutic options. Most patients are diagnosed at …

Immunotherapy for SMARCB1-deficient sarcomas: current evidence and future developments

C Ngo, S Postel-Vinay - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mutations in subunits of the SWItch Sucrose Non-Fermentable (SWI/SNF) complex occur in
20% of all human tumors. Among these, the core subunit SMARCB1 is the most frequently …

Identification of prognostic biomarkers and correlations with immune infiltrates among cGAS-STING in hepatocellular carcinoma

Z Qi, F Yan, D Chen, W Xing, Q Li, W Zeng… - Bioscience …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
The cyclic GMP-AMP synthase-stimulator of interferon genes (cGAS-STING) pathway
induces innate immunity by activating the production of inflammatory cytokines and type I …

MHC class I deficiency in solid tumors and therapeutic strategies to overcome it

E Shklovskaya, H Rizos - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
It is now well accepted that the immune system can control cancer growth. However, tumors
escape immune-mediated control through multiple mechanisms and the downregulation or …

Targeting dual signalling pathways in concert with immune checkpoints for the treatment of pancreatic cancer

ES Knudsen, V Kumarasamy, S Chung, A Ruiz, P Vail… - Gut, 2021 - gut.bmj.com
Objective This study exploits the intersection between molecular-targeted therapies and
immune-checkpoint inhibition to define new means to treat pancreatic cancer. Design …