Hallmarks of sex bias in immuno-oncology: mechanisms and therapeutic implications

T Xiao, J Lee, TD Gauntner, M Velegraki… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Sex differences are present across multiple non-reproductive organ cancers, with male
individuals generally experiencing higher incidence of cancer with poorer outcomes …

Recent Advances in Therapeutic Strategies to Improve Colorectal Cancer Treatment

WH Gmeiner - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer mortality, and its incidence
is rapidly increasing worldwide. Colorectal cancer is considered a single entity based on …

[HTML][HTML] NEIL1 drives the initiation of colorectal cancer through transcriptional regulation of COL17A1

JH Cao, CH Cao, JL Lin, SY Li, LJ He, K Han, JW Chen… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Deficiency of DNA repair pathways drives the development of colorectal cancer. However,
the role of the base excision repair (BER) pathway in colorectal cancer initiation remains …

Androgen drives melanoma invasiveness and metastatic spread by inducing tumorigenic fucosylation

Q Liu, E Adhikari, DK Lester, B Fang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Melanoma incidence and mortality rates are historically higher for men than women.
Although emerging studies have highlighted tumorigenic roles for the male sex hormone …

Sexual-biased necroinflammation is revealed as a predictor of bevacizumab benefit in Glioblastoma

S Hiller-Vallina, L Mondejar-Ruescas… - Neuro …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly malignant brain tumor that affects men more
often than women. In addition, the former shows a poorer survival prognosis. To date, the …

[HTML][HTML] Roles of H3K4 methylation in biology and disease

H Wang, K Helin - Trends in Cell Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Epigenetic modifications, including posttranslational modifications of histones, are closely
linked to transcriptional regulation. Trimethylated H3 lysine 4 (H3K4me3) is one of the most …

Cellular sex throughout the organism underlies somatic sexual differentiation

C Hérault, T Pihl, B Hudry - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Sex chromosomes underlie the development of male or female sex organs across species.
While systemic signals derived from sex organs prominently contribute to sex-linked …

Why Y matters? The implication of loss of Y chromosome in blood and cancer

Y Wang, S Sano - Cancer Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Hematopoietic mosaic loss of Y chromosome (mLOY) has emerged as a potential male‐
specific accelerator of biological aging, increasing the risk of various age‐related diseases …

Epigenetic regulation of tumor immunity

L Pang, F Zhou, Y Liu, H Ali, F Khan, AB Heimberger… - 2024 - europepmc.org
Although cancer has long been considered a genetic disease, increasing evidence shows
that epigenetic aberrations play a crucial role in affecting tumor biology and therapeutic …

STAT4 facilitates PD‐L1 level via IL‐12R/JAK2/STAT3 axis and predicts immunotherapy response in breast cancer

J Zhou, F Wan, L Wang, C Peng, R Huang… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) is a critical transcription factor for T
helper cell differentiation and tumor cells. Although its prognostic role and gene function …