[HTML][HTML] Biomolecular condensates and cancer

A Boija, IA Klein, RA Young - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Malignant transformation is characterized by dysregulation of diverse cellular processes that
have been the subject of detailed genetic, biochemical, and structural studies, but only …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation and signaling pathways in cancer stem cells: implications for targeted therapy for cancer

Z Zeng, M Fu, Y Hu, Y Wei, X Wei, M Luo - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), initially identified in leukemia in 1994, constitute a distinct subset
of tumor cells characterized by surface markers such as CD133, CD44, and ALDH. Their …

[HTML][HTML] MYC drives aggressive prostate cancer by disrupting transcriptional pause release at androgen receptor targets

X Qiu, N Boufaied, T Hallal, A Feit, A de Polo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract c-MYC (MYC) is a major driver of prostate cancer tumorigenesis and progression.
Although MYC is overexpressed in both early and metastatic disease and associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Inference of transcription factor binding from cell-free DNA enables tumor subtype prediction and early detection

P Ulz, S Perakis, Q Zhou, T Moser, J Belic… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Deregulation of transcription factors (TFs) is an important driver of tumorigenesis, but non-
invasive assays for assessing transcription factor activity are lacking. Here we develop and …

[HTML][HTML] High-fat diet fuels prostate cancer progression by rewiring the metabolome and amplifying the MYC program

DP Labbé, G Zadra, M Yang, JM Reyes, CY Lin… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Systemic metabolic alterations associated with increased consumption of saturated fat and
obesity are linked with increased risk of prostate cancer progression and mortality, but the …

[HTML][HTML] Epithelial–mesenchymal transition signaling and prostate cancer stem cells: emerging biomarkers and opportunities for precision therapeutics

LP Chaves, CM Melo, FP Saggioro, RB Reis, JA Squire - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancers may reactivate a latent embryonic program called the epithelial–
mesenchymal transition (EMT) during the development of metastatic disease. Through EMT …

Inhibition of EZH2 transactivation function sensitizes solid tumors to genotoxic stress

Y Liao, CH Chen, T Xiao… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Drugs that block the activity of the methyltransferase EZH2 are in clinical development for
the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphomas harboring EZH2 gain-of-function mutations that …

The transcriptional terminator XRN2 and the RNA-binding protein Sam68 link alternative polyadenylation to cell cycle progression in prostate cancer

M Pieraccioli, C Caggiano, L Mignini, C Zhong… - Nature structural & …, 2022 - nature.com
Alternative polyadenylation (APA) yields transcripts differing in their 3′-end, and its
regulation is altered in cancer, including prostate cancer. Here we have uncovered a …

[HTML][HTML] Post-transcriptional gene regulation by MicroRNA-194 promotes neuroendocrine transdifferentiation in prostate cancer

RC Fernandes, J Toubia, S Townley, AR Hanson… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Potent therapeutic inhibition of the androgen receptor (AR) in prostate adenocarcinoma can
lead to the emergence of neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC), a phenomenon …

[HTML][HTML] High OGT activity is essential for MYC-driven proliferation of prostate cancer cells

HM Itkonen, A Urbanucci, SES Martin, A Khan… - Theranostics, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) is overexpressed in aggressive prostate cancer. OGT modifies
intra-cellular proteins via single sugar conjugation (O-GlcNAcylation) to alter their activity …