The multi-factorial nature of clinical multidrug resistance in cancer

YG Assaraf, A Brozovic, AC Gonçalves… - Drug resistance …, 2019 - Elsevier
Curative cancer therapy remains a major challenge particularly in cancers displaying
multidrug resistance (MDR). The MDR phenotype is characterized by cross-resistance to a …

DNA methyltransferases in cancer: biology, paradox, aberrations, and targeted therapy

J Zhang, C Yang, C Wu, W Cui, L Wang - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
DNA methyltransferases are an essential class of modifiers in epigenetics. In mammals,
DNMT1, DNMT3A and DNMT3B participate in DNA methylation to regulate normal …

Mapping epigenetic modifications by sequencing technologies

X Chen, H Xu, X Shu, CX Song - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2023 - nature.com
The “epigenetics” concept was first described in 1942. Thus far, chemical modifications on
histones, DNA, and RNA have emerged as three important building blocks of epigenetic …

HDAC inhibitors in acute myeloid leukemia

E San José-Enériz, N Gimenez-Camino, X Agirre… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematological malignancy characterized by uncontrolled
proliferation, differentiation arrest, and accumulation of immature myeloid progenitors …

CD8+ T cell exhaustion and cancer immunotherapy

Q Wang, Y Qin, B Li - Cancer letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy plays an increasingly important role in the treatment of most malignant
tumors, and CD8+ T cells are the most important antitumor effector cells in the process of …

[HTML][HTML] The crosstalk between m6A RNA methylation and other epigenetic regulators: a novel perspective in epigenetic remodeling

Y Zhao, Y Chen, M Jin, J Wang - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epigenetic regulation involves a range of sophisticated processes which contribute to
heritable alterations in gene expression without altering DNA sequence. Regulatory events …

Ovarian cancer: epigenetics, drug resistance, and progression

W Xie, H Sun, X Li, F Lin, Z Wang, X Wang - Cancer cell international, 2021 - Springer
Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the most common malignant tumors in women. OC is
associated with the activation of oncogenes, the inactivation of tumor suppressor genes, and …

Combining histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis) with other therapies for cancer therapy

M Zhou, M Yuan, M Zhang, C Lei, O Aras… - European journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) play an important role in regulating the expression of genes
involved in tumorigenesis and tumor maintenance, and hence they have been considered …

Drug resistance mechanisms of acute myeloid leukemia stem cells

J Niu, D Peng, L Liu - Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a polyclonal and heterogeneous hematological
malignancy. Relapse and refractory after induction chemotherapy are still challenges for …

Dual inhibitors of histone deacetylases and other cancer-related targets: A pharmacological perspective

Y Gao, H Zhang, F Lirussi, C Garrido, XY Ye… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Epigenetic enzymes histone deacetylases (HDACs) are clinically validated anticancer drug
targets which have been studied intensively in the past few decades. Although several drugs …