Clinical trials assessing hypomethylating agents combined with other therapies: causes for failure and potential solutions

PD Zavras, A Shastri, M Goldfinger, AK Verma… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: Azacitidine and decitabine are hypomethylating agents (HMA), that is, both inhibit
and deplete DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1). HMAs are standard single-agent therapies …

Advances in the management of alveolar soft part sarcoma

GOS Coyne, AR Naqash, H Sankaran… - Current Problems in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma is one of the less commonly diagnosed soft tissue
sarcoma subtypes, an infrequent subtype within the already rare category of human …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroendocrine lineage commitment of small cell lung cancers can be leveraged into p53-independent non-cytotoxic therapy

S Biswas, K Kang, KP Ng, T Radivoyevitch, K Schalper… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Small cell lung cancers (SCLCs) rapidly resist cytotoxic chemotherapy and immune
checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatments. New, non-cross-resistant therapies are thus needed …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into the biology of acute myeloid leukemia with mutated NPM1

L Brunetti, MC Gundry, MA Goodell - International Journal of Hematology, 2019 - Springer
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common acute leukemia in adults, increases
exponentially with age. While a number of recent advances have improved treatment, high …

Phase I clinical trial of selinexor in combination with daunorubicin and cytarabine in previously untreated poor-risk acute myeloid leukemia

K Sweet, R Komrokji, E Padron, CL Cubitt… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Purpose: Induction chemotherapy results in complete remission (CR) rates of 20% to 50%
among patients with poor-risk AML. Selinexor is an oral selective inhibitor of nuclear export …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic inflammation can transform the fate of normal and mutant haematopoietic stem cells

J Li, C Malouf, LA Miles, MB Willis, EM Pietras… - Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chronic inflammation, while subtle, puts the body in a constant state of alert and is
associated with a number of diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular diseases. It …

Direct targeted therapy for MLL‐fusion‐driven high‐risk acute leukaemias

S Cantilena, L Gasparoli, D Pal… - Clinical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Improving the poor prognosis of infant leukaemias remains an unmet clinical
need. This disease is a prototypical fusion oncoprotein‐driven paediatric cancer, with MLL …

Role of epigenetic in leukemia: From mechanism to therapy

X Liu, H Liu, J Li, C Mao, J He, X Zhao - Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2020 - Elsevier
Epigenetic variations can play remarkable roles in different normal and abnormal situations.
Such variations have been shown to have a direct role in the pathogenesis of various …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging therapies for acute myelogenus leukemia patients targeting apoptosis and mitochondrial metabolism

G Castelli, E Pelosi, U Testa - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) is a malignant disease of the hematopoietic cells,
characterized by impaired differentiation and uncontrolled clonal expansion of myeloid …

Prolonged XPO1 inhibition is essential for optimal antileukemic activity in NPM1-mutated AML

G Pianigiani, A Gagliardi, F Mezzasoma… - Blood …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
NPM1 is the most frequently mutated gene in adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The
interaction between mutant NPM1 (NPM1c) and exportin-1 (XPO1) causes aberrant …